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iToolSoft Movie Subtitle Editor can be used to edit movie subtitles and make the subtitles into the film. You can use iToolSoft Movie Subtitle Editor to do all kinds of settings for subtitles, such as color, typeface and location. Also you can make the subtitles much more distinct by adjust the bit rate and resolution ratio.
Time Adjuster lets you adjust the subtitles of a video file. It can work with TXT, SUB, SRT and SSA files. You can split, join, convert and repair them.
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Subtitle Search is a utility that lets you find subtitle files for your movies. The application looks for subtitle files on many different subtitle websites based on your search criteria. This is not an application that can scan your hard drive and download subtitles for your movies automatically.
Koala Player XP is windows application developed to offer you fast and high quality playback of movie files with subtitles.
Koala Player XP has well done avi fix module. If you have corrupted avi file you are able to repair it. Besides this module checks and removes all freezed video frames. The percentage efficacy of the process is going up to 100%.
Perfect DVD copy software to backup your DVD movies to DVD +R/RW -R/RW.With this software you can backup your DVD without any quality lost.FT DVD Clone has the abllity to backup your own DVD9 disc within 30 minutes for full disc copy
EchoSub is an ultimate tool which is very useful for the timing, correction and creation of Subtitles. Subtitles play a very important role while watching movies. This may be because of your lesser tendency to hear the dialogues, poor sound quality or the movie being in some other language.
Have you ever wanted to find subtitles in a easy manner? If you did, then you've come to the right place. The subscene toolbar provides a great way to upload subittles, edit your profile, access your private messages on the forum, chat, an intutitive help section and even an RSS feature.
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VLSub is a free VLC extension that allows you to search and download subtitles from the opensubtitles.org website using the hash of the video currently playing or its title. You can save the file and extract the vlsub.lua, create an extension directory and put the file vlsub.lua inside.
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Sothink Movie DVD Maker is aimed to create DVD discs. It supports importing video from a wide range of formats, even those taken by high definition cameras. With a nice intuitive interface, this program is likely to please beginners and experts alike.
Subtitles is a very simple app that will find subtitles for your movies. All you need to do is right click on the movie file, choose a language from the selection and - you guessed it - just click. Your web browser will open up, displaying a perfect set of subtitles for you to download.
Find Subtitles is the perfect solution whenever you play a video and you need a translation for its foreign language dialogue. You will get to choose from dozens of languages and find your subtitle with just a few clicks.
You will be able to use the software as long as you want, with no time limit and for free.
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
This is an easy to use video editing application with commonly used editing functions. You can cut, trim, crop, join, and rotate videos. You can also add watermarks, subtitles, and special effects to the video files. It also comes with DVD ripping and audio/video conversion features.


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enough is enoughposted @7:10am ET on August 7, 2012
I really mean it this time. I don't think I have a choice, anyway. Either I lose weight, be healthy and happy, or keep on putting on weight, progressively feeling more and more unhealthy in myself.
Oh, I know what to eat and when, I have followed enought diets in the past. My problem has always been that I get bored easily and start craving all the wrong kinds of food.
Enough is enough though. Now that I don't have to run after the kids anymore, I have to learn to think of myself as my first priority again.
Here's to success, then! Today is the first day of the rest of my life!
@ 11:50am ET on August 7, 2012 Good to see you're getting yourself on track! I have problems with craving the wrong foods as well. Chinese food is my weakness, haha :)
@ 2:13pm ET on August 7, 2012 There are sooooo many delicious and healthy foods out there that there's no reason you should ever have to become bored with your food! I encourage you to check out the Diet.com Recipes section for almost 1,200 different interesting, tasty and diet-friendly ideas :)
Also, check out all of our Nutrition and Diet Expert Blogs for more ways to spice up your eating and avoid boredom!
@ 3:28pm ET on August 7, 2012 You are your first priority, you can do this!!! =^.^=
@ 1:11am ET on August 8, 2012 Thank you everyone. Your support means a lot.
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Cap and gown packages should be paid for at the Campus Store during Senior Salute Days on April 8th (12noon-3pm). April 9th (3-6pm) and April 10th (11am-2pm).
To ensure proper availability of sizes for everyone, please pre-order your commencement regalia at the Jostens' SUNY Geneseo site no later than February 18. (Payment is required at the time of pick-up in the MacVittie Union bookstore, not during the pre-order process. )
Anyone who does not pre-order online will need to special order their regalia during the Senior Salute event. Please note: Honor cords and Master's hoods will be available at the store for everyone eligible and do not require pre-order. Arrangements can be made to ship your order via FedEx ground for an additional $8 charge.
A Jostens representative will assist you in designing the perfect ring. Visit the Campus Store during Senior Salute Days from 10 am and 4 pm for assistance.Or order now:
Personalized graduation announcements and other graduation stationery will be available for viewing and ordering through Jostens in the Campus Store during Senior Salute Days from 10 am and 4 pm. Orders can also be online placed through Jostens. The deadline to order announcements is Friday, April 6.
Visit the Campus Store to purchase one of a variety of diploma covers and frames.
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Something I've been debating. I use apps on my ipod, like Nike Running, and I'm never sure if i should hit start as I leave the house and begin my warm up, or wait until the warm up is complete and I'm picking up a jog.
If i include the warm-up walk (a third to a half a mile), it slows down the pace average, but if I wait to hit start until I'm jogging, I get no "credit" for the .6 to .75 of the mile I'm covering in warm up and cool down.
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The greenway where I run is about half a mile away and I always walk there and back to warm up/cool down. I don't count it because I'm also affected by time for things like trying to cross the street and avoiding cars and such.
I still take walk breaks, so my vote probably is not to be taken as seriously (slowski!) but I do not include warm up or cool down. I use nike running too, and I want my run history to reflect just my run, not what I do to prepare or recover from it. That's just my preference.
I definitely include the 5 minute warmup (walking) and the cool down. It's all time on my feet, and in terms of monitoring my effort to prevent injury, that's the only metric that matters to me!
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I count anything that is part of a workout where running is the primary activity. I track workouts that are all walking separately.
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I count it. But, I am focusing on increasing my time, not speed.
Since I walk more than run, it's kind of a split for me. I don't count easy walking. When I start up at a good pace (but not full speed), I count it. Same at the end. If I'm going a good pace, it counts. Once I drop down to just moving to keep the blood flowing, I stop RunKeeper.
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Dunkin Run 10K - 9/7/14
Insane Inflatable 5K - 9/13/14
Palio 5K - 9/21
Great Pumpkin 10K - 10/18/14
Disney's Wine & Dine Half Marathon - 11/8/14
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I count it, my speed days which I do 2 a week will have a 3-4 mile warm up and a 1 mile cooldown. My LR is all miles so I will start it slow as my warm up then pick the pace up some it all counts for me. Time on feet!
I did until I was doing 10 miles a week. Now, I just look at my training plan: 3 miles easy + 3 miles tempo + 5 miles long = 11 miles.
I don't count walking because I'm on my feet all day walking around at work. I know that's not the same as warm-up/cool-down walks, but if I added all the walking while working I would easily have 3-5 miles a day before I even started running so I only keep track of running distances.
When I wake up, the Heart Rate strap goes on. When I get to the den, the GPS watch goes on. When I walk out the garage door and hit the drive way, I hit the *Start* button. After 15 minutes of listening to the watch tell me what to do, I turn around and continue to listen to what the watch tells me to do. When I walk up the driveway and just before I open the garage door, I hit the button on my watch to complete my activity.
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I do not. I do walk after my runs and a little bit before my runs. It would maybe add anywhere from a quarter to a half mile to my workouts. My goal is consistent speed and slowly increase running distance so the walking is not in my personal plan. Recording only my running gives me more accurate information on what I want.
I'm surprised by the response. I would not have thought so many people would count warmup into overall mileage... I myself do not, and if there is an incomplete mile (ie ran 7.56) I never record the .56 or round up.
I feel like part of enjoying running is keeping it as little like work as possible (as an accountant letting those decimals go is therapeutic!)
Many of us jog and run our warm ups and cool downs. Why wouldn't we include that in our totals? Whether we extend the distance to tenths or hundredths is partially dependent on the number of significant figures our equipment uses and it's accuracy. A Garmin is accurate to within about 1-3% so I record my mileage to the next tenth. Recording to two decimals is not justified because of the margin of error even though the device shows them. The same is true when recording time. For distances over a mile recorded by hand, round up to the next full second.


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Last week I attended the Federation of Genealogical Societies' annual conference in Knoxville Tennessee. The Federation of Genealogical Societies is an organization made up of genealogical societies (wow, redundant). The conference helps societies improve their services to members and better market and govern themselves.
The conference also serves a wide variety of genealogists who attend, and come to improve their genealogical skills. It was a good conference and there were a number of new announcements that took place at it. Some of the most significant announcements follow:
FamilySearch announced the availability of 200 million new records on beta.FamilySearch.org . This includes records from more than 18 countries. The records are initially available only at pilot.FamilySearch.org, but will shortly be available at beta.FamilySearch.org.
FamilySearch also announced a new conference that will be held in Salt Lake City, February 10-12, 2011. The conference is sponsored by FamilySearch, the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, BYU, and Ancestry.com and will be called rootstech. The focus of this conference will be technology in family history and will include topics such as:
*GPS Mapping
*Search and finding tools
*Mobile devices and smartphone applications
*Scanning documents
*Storing and maintaining digital information
*Using social networking to help in family history
The conference will bring together companies that write family history software and users who want to learn more about using technology and trends in the future.
Many years ago GenTech helped to provide some of this experience, but Gentech lost some of its key leaders and ceased to function. FamilySearch is looking to revive a conference focused on technology, like GenTech was. This conference is designed to help all interested parties meet together and help move forward the technology that powers family history.
FamilySearch also announced a new set of resources for researching in Tennessee at the conference. A collection of pages on the FamilySearch Wiki (wiki.FamilySearch.org) have been created with cooperation between research consultants from the FamilySearch Family History Library, many of the most experienced experts in genealogical research in Tennessee, and the Tennessee genealogical society.
The New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) has launched a new website, AmericanAncestors.org . NEHGS is not well known to many casual family historians, but is one of the largest and most successful genealogical societies in the United States, as well as being one of the oldest. They have extensive collections of records and even greater expertise in using these records. They have members from all over the United States. To some extent NEGHS is more of the National Genealogical Society than NGS is. They are one of only a handful of societies that has made the transition to the digital world and have found a way to marry a physical library with a website to serve members in many ways. If you have not visited the NEHGS website, it is worth a look.
FGS (The Federation of Genealogical Societies) launched a new tool to locate genealogical and historical societies around the United States. The societies can be found by searching at FGS.org .
Many readers may be unaware that Utah has a strong genealogical society. The Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) serves members all over the state with resources, networking, and publications to help its members be successful in family history. Information about UGA can be found at their website infouga.org .
FindMyPast.com announced the release of 22,000 parish records from Dorset. They are fully indexed and can be searched at FindMyPast.com .
Additional resources continue to be released at an ever-increasing pace. There are more records online, more tools to search them, and more ways to collaborate with families than ever before. The experience at FGS has me very excited for the upcoming rootstech conference. These conferences always leave me rejuvenated and anticipating the future. My experience at FGS has charged my genealogical batteries for months to come.


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Devin Lawrence scored 16 points as the Poughkeepsie High boys basketball team beat visiting Arlington 53-48 in a Conference 1 League A game on Wednesday.
"Arlington did a great job defensively on us. We did not hit shots and that is a credit to their defense," Poughkeepsie coach Brian Laffin said. "It came down to possession basketball at the end. We were fortunate to make buckets, and we made some big free throws at the end of the game.''
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EDITOR: It happened again on Saturday in Wisconsin Rapids! As it reads in the Daily Tribune Media's police report: "At 3:01 p.m. Saturday, a Wisconsin Rapids man reported a trailer broke off a vehicle near the intersection of 26th Street North and Washington Street and damaged property."
I am waiting until a life is destroyed and the family is devastated when someone makes this mistake, because I know it will happen. The first thing everyone will say is that it's a freak accident. I will be the one screaming "I told you so!"
This has happened four times this year in Wisconsin Rapids that I know of!! And no one will stand up and say something needs to be done about all the junk trailers!
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Sprint National Championships
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Age Group National Championship weekend will move to the city of Milwaukee, WI for 2013 and 2014. Milwaukee will give athletes and spectators that big city feel, while still allowing athletes to stay close to the race site. The city offers hotels, shops, and restaurants all within a mile of the venue, located adjacent to Henry Maier Festival Park. USA Triathlon is excited to work with the city of Milwaukee for the next two years and offer athletes a new look to the Age Group National Championship weekend.
The 2013 USA Triathlon Sprint National Championship will take place on August 11, 2013 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Sprint National Championship is a non-drafting, sprint distance event (750 m Swim, 20 km Bike, 5 km Run). There are no specific qualification standards for the Sprint National Championship. This is a Team USA qualifier.
Transition will be located adjacent to Henry Maier Festival Park along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Event Security Measures
Be prepared for an increased security presence at the 2013 USAT Age Group National Championships. Due to the events that took place this year in Boston and the heightened security warnings the city of Milwaukee and USA Triathlon have instituted a strong security plan, and a heavy security presence for the weekend. For spectators and athletes, this means you should be prepared for random bag checks at the race venue. If you have a bag, you will be checked at the expo entrance, swim start area at Discovery World, and when entering the bleachers at the finish line. These measures have been instituted for the safety of everyone at the venue. Please understand these are not just added headaches we have created for athletes and spectators. With everyone's cooperation these implemented processes should not impact your days too much while at the venue.
Also, do your due diligence and do not leave any bags or back packs laying around the race venue or course. These will be confiscated and could be potentially destroyed. No bags are allowed in transition, so any items you wish to keep for after the race need to be checked into the bag check tent. At packet pick up you will receive a clear plastic bag and anything that you wish to have held in the bag check tent needs to be placed in that clear plastic bag. Back packs cannot simply be placed in the clear plastic bags. If you do not wish to place a bag in the bag check tent, we suggest you leave items in your car, with a loved one, or in your hotel room.
Participant List
CLICK HERE for list of all Sprint athletes
Event Type: National
Entry Fee: $85
Event Date: Aug. 11, 2013
Location: Milwaukee, WI, USA
Distance: 0.5 mile swim (750m), 12.4 mile bike (20k), 3.1 mile run (5k)
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By: Christian "Kriesi" Budschedl
Email: Kriesi
Informations about Updates and New Themes are always announced on Twitter and Facebook. Twitter updates are usually more up to date, Facebook updates are more detailed and easier to follow :)
Hello! First of all I would like to thank you for purchasing my theme! :)
If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, please feel free to ask your question at the support forum at http://www.kriesi.at/support/.
This file will teach you how to set up and use the "Velvet" WordPress Theme.
This file is really extensive so you might think the theme is hard to use,
actually its not, you probably just might jump to the options page and explore everything yourself, this file is more of a reference work if you do not know what to do, or if you are not familiar to WordPress.
Have fun with your new theme! best regards
The Theme is built with WordPress best practices in mind, therefore it makes heavy use of the WordPress template engine. What exactly does that mean?
Whenever you see a php function call like this within your php files (get_template_part(), get_header(), get_footer() or get_sidebar() ) the theme retrieves a reusable code snippet, most of the time a chunk of code that is used in many different files.
You can either choose to upload the theme to your server via ftp (only upload the unzipped folder "Velvet" into the folder wp-content/themes/ ) or via WordPress upload function. to use the upload function of the WordPress admin panel make sure to ONLY upload the "Velvet" folder and not the whole archive file that you received by themeforest.
Notice: if you are new to WordPress and have problems installing it you might want to check out this link: Solving broken theme issues
After that is done activate the theme as you would activate any other theme at Appearance->Themes.
"is now the active theme and you will be sent to the Themes Option Panel immediately.
If you are new to WordPress and have problems with setting up the theme you might want to import the dummy content file that comes with the theme. You can import this file by clicking the "Import dummy data" Button of the Velvet Theme options. The theme will then import some dummy posts and pages from the live preview. However you will still need to set some options on your own, like which page should serve as front page or how menus should be displayed. A quick demonstration video can be found here. (its really more a demonstration than a tutorial but it might be helpfull nevertheless. the video was recorded using the Brigtbox Theme but the options are the same for Velvet since the themes share a framework)
If you want to change the general Options of the Theme open the "Velvet" Theme Options Panel (located in your admin sidebar) and click it, you will notice several tabs with options, which we will discuss now one by one.
Front page & Blog page
First of all you have to choose which content your front page should contain. You can either choose to display a page of your choice, or if you dont select a page the blog will be displayed. If you choose to select a page you can then pick another page that will display your blog instead of the default page content. If you want to make the front page look like the one in the theme demo make sure you select a page and then create a unqiue dynamic page template.
Next you can choose to upload your own logo. Make sure that the logo has the correct dimensions. If you need to embed a logo of different size you might need to edit the CSS files directly. We will talk about CSS best practices for the theme in a second after we talked about the last input field on the Theme Options page:
Google Analytics Tracking Code
Enter your Google analytics tracking Code here. It will automatically be added to the themes footer so google can track your visitors behaviour.
General Color scheme and CSS best practices
The theme has various default color schemes that serve as canvas for all further customization. All CSS files for those skins are located in your CSS folder, (one for each skin) )however if you want to edit some of the styles it is recommended to not edit those files directly.
After you have chosen your default skin, if you want to make any further changes we highly recommend copying the style you want to edit and then paste it into the empty custom.css file. Here you can edit the style and it will overwrite the original rule. If you modify your theme that way you can later easily update to newer versions without being in danger of overwriting your changes, since we will never edit the custom.css file.
Theme Colors:
With only two different color inputs (and the skin selection above) you can easily create new layouts in seconds. You just need to select a primary color for your links and as background color for footer and some other elements, as well as a font color for text placed on those elements.
As you can see the theme generates the color scheme on the fly: In this example we have choosen a dark blue background and white text on that blue background. The white gets applied to the heading and for the text the theme generates a slightly "darker" by adding a little of the blue background.
Stretched or boxed layout
The stretched layout expands from the left side of the viewport to the right. The boxed layout will create a box around your content area that is approx. 1000px wide. if you select boxed you will get additional options for background color and image.
Heading Fonts
You can choose several fonts that will add a unique feeling to your site. The fonts you can choose are a selection of some of the google free web font archive and applied via cufon, so that windows and mac browsers will display them the same way.
Quick CSS
If you want to do minor changes to the css you can enter them here and they will be added to the css. If you want to do major changes we recommend you to use the custom.css file.
Blog and Archive layout Options
You can choose how to display your blog and archive entries. You got the choice between big preview images above the post or smaller ones beside the post.
To set up your footer you need to select how many columns it should be displayed. Once that is done head over to the themes widget page (appearance-> widgets) and add widgets to the footer widget areas displayed here. The default widgets that are displayed in your footer will be removed once you apply any other widgets :)
Once that is done feel free to add text to the footer textarea to display a personal note or a welcome message to the footer bottom, just like seen in the theme demo
The first task when setting up your portfolio is to set the URI scheme for your portfolio single entries. The default is set to "portfolio" so for example if you create a new portfolio entry that should show your latest artwork WordPress will display the url as Http://yourDomain.com/portfolio/latest-artwork.
It is quite important to understand that you need to take care that the slug entered here does not interfere with other category slugs, otherwise WordPress will not be able to find your portfolio entries and simply display a 404 page. Sounds probably a little complicated but as a rule of thumb, if you just make sure that you got no post-category or page with the same name as the slug set here, no problems should occur.
Creating a portfolio page
Creating a portfolio page requires several steps. First of all you need to create a few single entries that contain whatever you want to show to the world :) This is easily done by clicking the "Portfolio Items" link in your admin sidebar and start creating new entries just as you would create new blog posts. Add Images, add categories and if you are done return to the Velvet->Portfolio settings.
Now you need to set the two most important options:
First of all which portfolio posts do you want to show on your portfolio page? SImply select the categories that hold the posts in the select box.
Then we need a page to display those items. Select this page from the dropdown menu and you are done. If you no save the options and head over to this page it should act as an overview page for your portfolio. The default page content wil be shown in the small sidebar beside your portfolio entries.
Once that is done choose which kind of portfolio you want to display:
You can select 1, colum, 2,3 and 4 column porfolios. You can also select how many portfolio entries to display on your portfolio page and if you want to show the portfolio excpert and the pagination
By clicking the [+] and [-] icons at the bottom right of the page you can create an unlimited amount of portfolio pages that contain different workpieces, based on the categories you select.
Setting up contact form and social information is a rather quick task: just select the page that should display the contact form and also select the email address that should receive the mails.
If you add your twitter account name or the link to your Facebook page or profile a social icon will be displayed at the top of your page and at the footer for either of them. As for your worpdress feed: if you dont add anything to the url the default RSS feed will be applied automatically. If you got a feedburner RSS adress you can also enter it here. For example: http://feeds.feedburner.com/kriesi
Next step is to select those categories and pages that should get a unique set of sidebars. For every category or page choosen here the theme will add a new Sidebar Widget area at appearance/widgets. Once you have choosen the pages and categories press save and head over to the widget section of WordPress.
You will see that the new areas just got appended to the predefined ones.
So adding these areas is easy.
However be very careful when removing widget areas that already got widgets applied to them.
WordPress doesn't remember where it stores widgets by name, it stores this information by number. So if I would add a text widget to Contact (widgetarea Nr6 in the screenshot), and then delete the Contact widget area, the widgets would then be in Jobs. (previously in 7, now the new 6)
The Theme comes with support for the new WordPress 3.0 Menu feature. Just open Appearance->Menu in your backends Sidebar and add a New Menu called "Main", then add to this menu whatever menu items you need. If no menu is created a fallback menu will get displayed that shows all pages and a home link.
You can also create additional menus and display them within your sidebar by adding the menu widget to one of your sidebars
The Theme comes with several custom widgets that let you display latest blog posts, latest portfolio entries or your latest tweets either in your sidebar or if used in conjunction with shortcodes also within your content area. It also has a combo widget with 4 tabs taht includes latest comments, latest entries, most popular entries and post tags, as well as an advertising widget, and a social media count widget.
The options are pretty much self explaining, the widgets are named "Velvet Latest News", "Velvet Latest Portfolio" and "Velvet Twitter Widget"
The only widget which might need a little bit of explanation is the social media count widget: it displays the number of twitter follower as well as the number of your rss feed subscribers in the sidebar. The feed subscribers can only be shown if you enter a valid feedburner feed url (this will not work with your default wordpress feed url) Also make sure that the awarness API of your feedburner account is active, otherwise your wordpress installation will not be able to access your feed data.
Writing a post, page or portfolio entry doesn't really differ from doing so when using other themes. You add a title, add some content, and categories and thats about it. In Velvet you need to do a few more things:
If you want to create a blog entry, page or portfolio entry you got the possibility to add either a single featured image or multiple images that get converted to a slideshow. If you have never worked with a slidehsow of one of my latest themes this short demo video might be interesting for you.
When writing the post, scroll down; bellow the text-area you will notice a few extra fields: First you can choose which slideshow type you want to use and if autorotation for this post should be active. Once that is done you can add one or multiple Images and also set diffferent settings for each slide depending on which slideshow you have choosen (eg 3D Slideshows have the option to set a different transition for each slide )
First of all just click the upload button and add upload your image to your web-server. Click the "Use image as Feature Image" button and a thumbnail will be inserted. You then can add a caption title and a caption text if you want to. When uploading a picture all different thumbnail sizes needed for the theme are generated by WordPress. However this only happens if you add new pictures. if you are using pictures that were already uploaded before the Velvet theme was activated, WordPress cannot resize them.
Next you can add a caption or caption title if the slideshow you have choosen supports this. When using the Ken Burns slideshow like in this image you also have the option to set the extra options for image scaling and zooming.
While testing I noticed that the image slider looks best if start and end position are set to the same value, and the starting size is significant higher than the ending size. this leads to a smooth image transition that doesnt move too much. because of the resizing effect it still looks like the image would move as well, even if there are not starting and end points set.
Proabbly the best way to understand these settings is to set 3 or 4 images and then fool arround with the settings until you know what each one does :)
Clicking the small plus and minus icons at the right bottom of the page will let you add new feature images or remove old ones.
When using the Aviaslider you can choose how many blocks and slices you want to display and which direction should be used when transitioning the blocks.Other than with the ken burns slider this settings are set once for the whole slider.
Using Video:
When working with the image slider you can choose to display videos in 3 ways:
1.) When omitting the preview picture simply dont set any picutre, but set the field "apply link to image" to: "embed video when image is clicked"
2.) If you want to display a preview image that disapears when clicked and shows the video embedded do the same step as above, but simply also set a preview picture.
3.) If you want to open the video within a lightbox set the field "apply link to image" to: "Link Manually" and enter the video url into the input field that appears.
Which video files are supported?
Vimeo, Youtube and any other video service that works with Wordpress oembed. Self hosted videos are also supported and used the same way: just add the link to the video url into the input field.
If you want to display self hosted videos: that works as well, but only for HTML 5 compatible data types. The slideshow will automatically embed the movies as HTML5 movies with a fallback flash slider. Supported formats are .mp4, .webm and .ogv.
If you want to upload different formats for different browsers (some browsers support mp4, some ogv, some webm) feel free to do so by just linking to one of these files and uploading the others with the same name but different file format. The Slideshow will automatically check if the browser used to display the video is capable of displaying the content as HTML5 video, and if thats not the case serve a flash fallback. It is recommended to always at least provide a h264 encoded mp4 file.
You can also apply sepecial headings to each page. When writing a post, the section to create advanced headings is located bellow the regular textarea that holds your pages content. By default the heading is set to display only your page title, but you can choose to add a second and third row of information to this title.
What is a shortcode and how do i use it?
Shortcodes are small text snippets that get converted by WordPress. As an example:
Using shortcodes is very easy. To use one, create a new post (or edit an existing one), and in the the editor type a shortcode in brackets, such as:
[quote]This is a pull-quote.[/quote]
to generate a pull-quote. Other example would be the use of shortcodes to create columns within your post:
[one_half first]Content here.[/one_half] [one_half]Content here.[/one_half]
[one_third first]Content here.[/one_third] [one_third]Content here.[/one_third] [one_third]Content here.[/one_third]
[one_fourth first]Content[/one_fourth] [one_fourth]Content[/one_fourth] [one_fourth]Content[/one_fourth] [one_fourth]Content[/one_fourth]
[one_fourth first]Content here.[/one_fourth] [three_fourth]Content here.[/three_fourth]
[one_third first]Content here.[/one_third] [two_third]Content here.[/two_third]
Most shortcodes require you to enter additional information and then get generated by the theme on its own, starting from columns to content slider. You can also choose to nest various shortcodes. For example create 3 columns, and within each of them display a small slideshow. Or do it the other way round: create a single slideshow that slides multiple columns. The sky is the limit :)
Attention: Please make sure to always start new shortcodes on new lines. Most of the time you wont encounter any errors if you don't do that but unfortunately WordPress does mess up the html sometimes. This is true for all shortcodes but the inline ones like drop-caps buttons and icon links, those are the only ones that don't need a new paragraph.
In case you encounter odd behavior always make sure that all shortcodes are closed as expected. Also when trying to nest shortcodes please be aware that you cant wrap a shortcode with the same name around another one with that name: For example: [one_third first] [one_third first]Content here.[/one_third] [/one_third] would result in messed up html code since WordPress is not able to identify which opening tag belongs to which close tag. However what you can do is nest shortcodes within each other if they don't share a name. for example you could easily place a slideshow within a 3rd column tag. Just make sure to add new paragraphs between them ;)
Icon Box shortcodes: The theme comes with iconbox shortocdes (see at the bottom of this page). The Icons used are from the iconset "Iconsweets2" which has a lot more icons then we used. if you want to add some of them, or any other just upload your icons to the image/icons/iconbox/ folder. Once that is done, they will appear in the dropdown box of the visual shortcode generator if you create a new iconbox
Probably the best way to create stunning and complex pages is the Wordpress Template Builder that comes with the theme. Allthough you can of course choose to edit template files the old fashioned way, (by editing them in your HTML editor of choice) the dynamic template generator is a much more flexible solution. So how does that editor work? Before reading the how to you might want to check this short demo video which already describes a little how it is done.
First of all open the editor at Velvet-> Template Builder. You then get asked to enter a name for your new dynamic template. Do so by entering one without any special characters and at least 3 chars long. Hit the "Create Template" button and a blank default template is created.
It doesnt contain any elements yet but we will add some in a second, first lets apply the template to a post, page or portfolio entry of your choice. Simply open the entry you want the template to be applied to and look out for the "Dynamic Template" Sidebar. Here you can now select the template you have just created.
Once selected save the entry. If you look at it in the frontend now it should simply display a blank content area.
To change that we need to start elements to the dynamic template. So head back to the new Dynamic Template you just created and start adding elements. Once an element is added you can easily change the position via drag and drop. To make it as easy as possible we tried to reduce the elements available to the absolute necessary minmum. We ended up with7 "modules":
Horizontal Ruler
adds a horizontal ruler to the page to seperate content. Choose between several styles to fit your needs
Simple Text area
adds text to your page. This module is most often used to create a nice looking quote but you can also jsut fill in any html or even shortcodes to displaywhatever content you want.
adds the slideshow of the entry the template gets applied to. This way if you apply the template to different posts and pages it will still display the featured images of each individual entry.
adds a special heading to the dynamic template. either the special heading of the post/page displayed currently or a heading that you can enter diractly
Post/Page Content
This module behaves similar to the slidehsow: it will by default output the content of the entry the template got applied to. You can also choose to display a different post or page. If you choose to display a different post or page the content of that entry will be displayed instead. If the entry you have choosen is cut by the wordpress "read more" tag the module will output only the part before the read more tag and add a read more button.
adds a blog with sidebar to the template. You can choose which categories should be displayed, as well as how many entries and if a pagination should be displayed as well.
adds a portfolio to your page. You got the same options as in your portfolio section, only with the advantage that you can combine this portfolio with other modules to create unique portfolio pages.
adds one row with either 2,3,4 or 5 Columns to the Page. You can choose the width for each column as well as the content. The available options are:
Page: add page content of a single page
Post: add the latest post from a category. if you choose the same category a second, third, fourth or fifth time in another column the offset will be generated automatically so that you dont display the same post twice
Widget: Enter the name of a widget. the widget can then be used at appearance > widgets. Please be carefull when deleting widgets since the contents of a widget is stored by widget number and not by name. You can read more about it here.
Text:Add some text. html and wordpress shortcodes are allowed.
The Theme uses valid HTML 5 and comes with predefined classes for common elements needed in web design.
All templates share basic elements like header, footer, main, and entry so be carefull when editing those or adding/changing the CSS for those ids and classes :)
The CSS for the theme is split into various files: one that holds the basic markup for layout which is called style.css. We then got one file for the light and the dark sin in your css folder, as well as a shortcode css file. Last but not least we got an empty custom.css file which should be used by you to add your own modifications. Since we never touch the custom.css file when making updates you can easily update to later theme versions without beeing in danger of loosing stylesheet modifications.
The theme uses advanced jQuery functions. You do not need to know how to use jQuery to activate them, almost everything is controlled by WordPress. All the function calls as well as as the custom created jQuery plugins like the slideshows are located in the avia.js file.
Lightbox: a custom pretty photo skin
the lightbox gets automatically applied to links that contain images, youtube videos, vimeo videos, mov files and swf files. if you don't want to activate the lightbox on any of those links add the class 'noLightbox'. if you manually want to apply the lightbox to a link you can add the rel='lightbox' attribute to the <a> tag.
Better documentation can be found here:
Among with the theme come all psd files needed to edit the different skins. With these psds you can even create your own unique Velvet skin.
This is the image array used in functions.php to tell wordpress which image sizes to use. The preview images for dynamic templates at the bottom can be delted if you dont want to use dynamic template files of that size. that will save some performance while uploading and also some webspace on your server.
$avia_config['imgSize']['widget'] = array('width'=>36, 'height'=>36 ); // small preview pics eg sidebar news
$avia_config['imgSize']['related'] = array('width'=>136, 'height'=>114); // small images for related items
$avia_config['imgSize']['portfolio'] = array('width'=>210, 'height'=>150); // small preview pic for default portfolio (4 columns )
$avia_config['imgSize']['portfolio2'] = array('width'=>450, 'height'=>300); // medium preview pic for 2 column portfolio and small 3d slider
$avia_config['imgSize']['portfolio3'] = array('width'=>290, 'height'=>200); // medium preview pic for 3 column portfolio
$avia_config['imgSize']['page'] = array('width'=>690, 'height'=>200); // image for pages and one column portfolio
$avia_config['imgSize']['featured'] = array('width'=>930, 'height'=>390); // big images for fullsize pages and fullsize 2D & 3D slider
$avia_config['imgSize']['kenburns'] = array('width'=>1300, 'height'=>1300); // big images for ken burns slider
/*preview images for special column sizes of the dynamic template. you can remove those if you dont use them, it will save performance while uploading images and will also save ftp storage*/
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid6'] = array('width'=>450, 'height'=>150); // half sized images when using 4 columns
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid8'] = array('width'=>610, 'height'=>220); // two/third image
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid9'] = array('width'=>690, 'height'=>150); // three/fourth image
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid_fifth1'] = array('width'=>162, 'height'=>136); // one fifth
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid_fifth2'] = array('width'=>364, 'height'=>136); // two fifth
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid_fifth3'] = array('width'=>556, 'height'=>136); // three fifth
$avia_config['imgSize']['grid_fifth4'] = array('width'=>748, 'height'=>136); // four fift
you can change these settings in functions.php. the theme will then create different thumbnail sizes according to your changes on upload. You might need to reflect those changes within your CSS file, depending on what you have changed ;)
Once again, thank you so much for purchasing this theme. As I said at the beginning, I'd be glad to help you if you have any questions relating to this theme. No guarantees, but I'll do my best to assist. If you have a more general question relating to the themes on ThemeForest, you might consider visiting the forums and asking your question in the "Item Discussion" section.


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About Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal is the stage of a well known British rapper Dylan Kwabena Mills. The style of music that he uses is that of electro-grime, grime, hip hop, electro hop, rap, ragga and garage MCing. In addition to singing his unique style of songs, you will find that Dizzee Rascal is a skilled song writer and record producer. In this last category the music that Dizzee Rascal produces is that of Ghanaian and Nigerian decent.
While you will find many fans who love his style of music, the official career of Dizzee Rascal began in 2000 with the release of a number of new songs that he worked in conjunction with his mentor Wiley. This experience helped Dizzee Rascal to produce and successfully release his debut album Boy in da Corner in 2003. From that point onwards his career has progressed quite successfully.
There are a number of record companies that Dizzee Rascal has signed with. These companies like Dirtee Stank, XL, Definitive Jux and Matador have helped fans to hear the music of Dizzee Rascal without any problems. While most of his work is performed as a solo artist there have been numerous occasions where Dizzee Rascal has performed with other artistes. Some of these associated acts include personalities like UGK, Alex Turner, Calvin Harris, Guthrie Govan and others.
As you listen to the music which is performed by Dizzee Rascal you will be able to feel your body come alive to the rhythms and sounds which this talented performer is able to create. For a different musical experience you should listen to Dizzee Rascal and pump up the volume.
Dizzee Rascal Singles
Bassline Junkie
Dirtee Stank
10 chart entries peaking at #10 on Sunday 10 February 2013
Bonkers (feat. Armand Van Helden)
Dirtee Stank
1 chart entries peaking at #31 on Sunday 12 August 2012
Dirtee Cash
Dirtee Stank
10 chart entries peaking at #10 on Sunday 4 October 2009
Dirtee Disco
Dirtee Stank
5 chart entries peaking at #1 on Sunday 30 May 2010
Goin' Crazy (feat. Robbie Williams)
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4 chart entries peaking at #5 on Sunday 23 June 2013
Dirtee Stank
9 chart entries peaking at #1 on Sunday 30 August 2009
Love This Town (feat. Teddy Sky)
2 chart entries peaking at #35 on Sunday 24 November 2013
Scream (feat. Pepper)
Dirtee Stank
1 chart entries peaking at #22 on Sunday 12 August 2012
Something Really Bad (feat. will.i.am)
3 chart entries peaking at #10 on Sunday 6 October 2013
Dizzee Rascal Albums
The Fifth
Dirtee Stank
2 chart entries peaking at #10 on Sunday 6 October 2013
Tongue N'cheek
Dirtee Stank
3 chart entries peaking at #36 on Sunday 20 June 2010
Tongue N'cheek
Dirtee Stank
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Director Wilkie Branson
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Choreographed and Performed by Wilkie Branson & Shantala Pepe
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Written by Leeza Jessie
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Recorded at MKM Studios.
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In the current field of drivers, I can't think of any driver better than Alonso. Except for Shuey in his heydays, none of he current drivers, besides Alonso have won or almost won a WDC without the best car. If that is the driver's skills what is that? he good driver is someone who is consistent and also fast and intelligent. Button has not been that consistent anyway. Since winning his WDC in 2009 with the fastest car in the first season, he has had sparks of success but that is hardly a testament to his driving skills. He needs a perfect setup to win races.


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One of my favorite shows growing up was "Little House on the Prairie." I liked it, I think, for the same reason that children love tree forts and big cardboard boxes: there is certain solace in being within a confined, controllable, and manageable space.
The folks in "Little House on the Prairie" were confined to themselves, with families and close friends the confidants of daily struggles and questions of identity. They tended to hold a single job for a lifetime, and their parents and grandparents likely did the same work; they came in contact with a fewer number of people each day, and those with whom they did come in contact likely held similar beliefs and values. That was safe; it was manageable.
As societies progressed and expanded, this began to change. We now have text messaging, cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, and email; we can traverse vast distances physically and virtually; we change jobs, partners, and places of residence more frequently. We come in contact with sometimes hundreds of people each day — each with different perspectives, values, and opinions.
Certainly, exposure to such diversity offers vibrancy and healthy challenges to stuck ways of thinking and being. But rapid and continual transitions of thought and being can contribute to confusion and social uncertainty—a sort of assault on our psychological moorings.
It seems no coincidence that rates of anxiety — feelings of uncertainty and unpredictability — have increased greatly in the past 10 years. Ironically, in this age of social opportunity our children and teenagers leave the house less frequently. In the past 10 years, rates of volunteerism amongst adolescents has decreased (and rates have increased amongst older adults — those less likely to reach out via socially media).
We've gone from kick-the-can, whiffleball, and family mealtimes, to iPods, smart phones, Nintendo and chat rooms. We now download books, instead of going to the library — one of our community's social hubs! We seek solitude in reaction to the complexities of the technological expansion of our societies.
While the function of isolation may be to offer us the space to figure out who we are and who we want to be, our mistake is that we will never figure that out alone. We are who we are because of our families, and I believe that the answer to the questions many of us seek lie in the relationships that suffer when we put a Facebook Friend ahead of our families and closest friends.
For better or worse, most of who we are is what our family has made us. If you want to figure out who you are, spend some time talking, face-to-face, with your family. Diversity is a threat only when we don't respect our own values and beliefs — and when we don't respect where they come from.
Page 2 of 2 - While we need to embrace the opportunity to learn about different cultures, values, and faiths offered to us by social media, we also need to be aware, every day, of our tendency to retreat from diverse challenges to our psychological integrity into the safety of our adult-sized cardboard boxes.
Yes, I want to be your Facebook friend. But I also want to shake your hand and share a smile. And then I want to go home and have dinner with my family.
Gregory A. Kovacs is executive director of the Samaritan Counseling of the Mohawk Valley, Inc. in Utica. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist.
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1927-09-12 Benny Bass w pts 10 Red Chapman, Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - PENNSYLVANIA
1927-09-12 Benny Bass w pts 10 Red Chapman, Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - PENNSYLVANIA. Referee: Frank McCracken. A remarkable battle of punchers saw Chapman (125½), badly gashed over the left eye in the seventh round, and Bass (126) collide in the middle of the ring in the ninth, both throwing right crosses, both connecting and both going down simultaneously. While Bass stumbled up at 'two', Chapman barely made it, soon crumbling again for another count of 'nine' before making it to the final bell where the former was awarded a unanimous decision.
It had been a brilliant spectacle, and following the result Bass was recognised as champion by the NBA, despite the Pennsylvanian Boxing Commission not being affiliated with them at the time. He was also seen as the champion in New York and Massachusetts under an agreement made between the three States, whereby each State would recognise the rulings of any or both of the other two.
Nicknamed 'The Fish', the compact little fighter with power in either hand was rated the hardest hitter by several good judges, including Jack Dempsey, the former heavyweight champion, and was a great body puncher. He was also very experienced for a 23-year-old youngster, having gone to the post in over a 100 fights before winning the title. Interestingly, in his last 66 contests only two men had beaten him - Andy Martin, who had twice done the trick, and Pete Sarmiento.
Meanwhile, at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, NYC on 24 October, Tony Canzoneri outpointed the former champion, Johnny Dundee, over 15 rounds in an advertised title fight. Although not recognised as being for the NYSAC version of the title as reported in the Ring Record Book down the ages, Dundee was merely defending his version. Regardless of that, on winning Canzoneri became Bass' leading challenger. Canzoneri had already been in contention for bantam honours, and despite not reaching his 19th birthday with 50 fights under his belt and only three defeats he was ready for the championship. After beating Dundee, Canzoneri strengthened his position when taking ten-round decisions at 126lbs over Ignacio Fernandez and Bud Taylor.
With the Canzoneri fight made for 27 January 1927, and Bass contracted for a warm-up eight-rounder against Wilbur Cohen four days earlier, he was forced to cancel both meetings due to a heavy cold and a badly-cut thumb which had become infected.
Although Bass v Canzoneri was re-scheduled for 10 February, the NYSAC suspended Bass and imposed a forfeit on both fighters to cover weight-making and illness, something that was unheard of. It was at this stage the NYSAC recognised Canzoneri as their champion.


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- New EPISD monitor Fred Liner experienced in aiding districts in crisis
- May 18:
- Elected EPISD trustees take office
- Texas education commissioner appoints EPISD monitor
- Oct 23:
- EPISD Board of Managers term will end in spring of 2015, education commissioner says
- Oct 14:
- Coronado High's Morales named master principal, given oversight of Bowie High
- Jul 19:
- Former EPISD chief Garcia pays $22,000 in restitution
- Apr 28:
- Prison officials: ex-EPISD superintendent's sentence will not be reinstated
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- TEA seeks to punish 11 in EPISD cheating scheme
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- EPISD whistleblower Pat Scott recognized in Washington
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- TEA official who oversaw botched EPISD investigations resigns
AUSTIN -- The Texas House last week passed a bill that would require El Paso school board members to file personal financial statements at the state courthouse.
The bill, filed in response to recent school scandals, is intended to give the public a way to determine whether school trustees have conflicts of interest when voting on contracts and other business.
The bill would make it a class B misdemeanor not to file the required statement.
"Taxpayers and parents have a right to know that their children are being educated and not used as an avenue for business opportunities," the bill's author, state Rep. Marisa Márquez, D-El Paso, said in a statement.
An identical bill was filed in the Texas Senate by state Sen. José Rodríguez, D-El Paso, where it still is pending.
The measure would apply only to El Paso County, where test-cheating and contract scandals have plagued the schools.
Last year, former El Paso Independent School District Superintendent Lorenzo García was sent to prison for rigging student tests for personal gain and for awarding a $450,000 contract to his mistress. As a result of the scandal, the entire school board was removed last month after Texas Education Commissioner Michael Williams began proceedings against it last year.
In a separate scandal, former trustees in the Ysleta and Socorro districts were convicted after being indicted in 2011 for their participation in a scheme to steer $100 million in public business to a corrupt health insurer.
Also, two former EPISD trustees have pleaded guilty to bribery.
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|49ers | Alex Smith draws praise
Sat, 01 Jun 2013 09:32:23 -0700
San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks coach Matt Nagy praised 49ers QB Alex Smith, saying he has been everything the team expected and more. Nagy noted Smith is both a leader by example and vocal.
"He's a true professional. He's in his (playbook) every day. He's always asking questions, trying to get better. He's being a leader for the other (quarterbacks) as well. I'm with him every single day," Nagy said. "Just talking X's and O's and past experiences he's had, he brings some good things to our attention as a staff. He has a lot of valuable experience. He's been through a lot. Having those experiences and coming in here to a team with a new staff, it's been an awesome experience. Throughout this process, we're taking in what he has, he's taking in what we have, and we're putting it all together and trying to make this work."
Fantasy Tip: Smith should bring something to an offense that may ask him to pass more than ever in a single season of his career. With a little help from the supporting cast, Smith could be a weekly spot starter.
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|Chiefs | Hire several assistant coaches
Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:48:48 -0800
The Kansas City Chiefs have hired former Philadelphia Eagles defensive line coach Tommy Brasher as their defensive line coach, former Eagles wide receivers coach David Culley as their assistant head coach and wide receivers coach, former Eagles tight ends coach Tom Melvin as their tight ends coach, former Eagles quarterbacks offensive quality control coach Matt Nagy as their quarterbacks coach, former Eagles assistant to the head coach Corey Matthaei as quality control coach and Temple graduate assistant Britt Reid as quality control coach. The team also hired Barry Rubin as their head strength and conditioning coach and Travis Crittenden as their assistant head strength and conditioning coach.
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|Eagles | Nagy hired
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:21:15 -0800
The Philadelphia Daily News reports the Philadelphia Eagles have hired former Arena Football League QB Matt Nagy as a coaching assistant. He had been a coaching intern for the Eagles during the last two training camps.
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Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:20:19 -0700
Chris McPherson, of PhiladelphiaEagles.com, reports the NFL has disapproved the contract the Philadelphia Eagles gave to QB Matt Nagy. The Eagles have decided to go into a different direction, according to a team's spokesman.
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The Philadelphia Eagles have signed street free-agent QB Matt Nagy. Nagy played in the Arena Football League last season.
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This is the January 15, 2013 news archive. View today's Suns rumors and news.
Section 15: Rooting for the Opposition
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Kevin Durant Dunks All Over Marcin Gortat Because Kevin Durant Is A Cheat Codedeadspin.com Jan 15, 2013It's really not fair that Kevin Durant can do stuff like this. His uncanny combination of size and shooting touch would be enough to carry him to a Hall of Fame career on its own. But Durant also has to possess the kind of sublime speed, strength, and l…Share Tweet
Oklahoma City Thunder 102, Phoenix Suns 90 - The Durant-Westbrook Showvalleyofthesun.com ESPN.com Jan 15, 2013PHOENIX - The NBA is a star's league such that it often seems like a pair of studs can beat a lesser team 2-on-5. That wasn't far from the truth tonight on the offensive end at least, as Kevin...Share Tweet
Kevin Durant Unleashes The Monster In The Desert; The Grizzlies Get Exposeddimemag.com Jan 15, 2013It's a good thing Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook didn't get much help last night. Phoenix fans went to the arena expecting to see competitive basketball, not some bloodbath. Durant and Westbrook didn't need any help, taking the Suns on 2-on-5 anShare Tweet
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Paul George, Deron Williams shine at home; Andrea Bargnani, Tim Duncan shi…Jan 15John Cregan looks at players with significant statistical splits at home versus on the road.
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Jewish Community Heroes
Can someone who is not Jewish be a "Jewish Community Hero?"
JOI has nominated what may be the first person who is not Jewish to the "Jewish Community Heroes" contest run by United Jewish Communities. Abigail ("Abi") Auer sacrificed transmitting the religious traditions of her Catholic upbringing in order to help her Jewish spouse raise their children as Jews, and is now a vocal advocate on behalf of all intermarried households raising Jewish children. She represents a half-million or more members of our community who are not Jewish themselves but are making the same sacrifice in order to ensure the Jewish future. Her profile is online at: Jewishcommunityheroes.org
Abi participated in the pilot program of JOI's Mothers Circle, an educational course for women of other religious backgrounds raising Jewish children, which is now in 100 communities across North America, and she serves as a model and mentor to others who are just beginning their Jewish journeys.
For the past two decades, there have been twice the number of intermarriages than in-marriages in the United States, and if not for the efforts of Abi and parents like her, the Jewish community would be declining rapidly in numbers instead of holding steady or even increasing as some studies suggest. Recognizing Abi as the Jewish Community Hero that she is will send a powerful message to her and all other Jewish households where one spouse happens not to be Jewish, that we in the Jewish community thank you and appreciate your sacrifices on our behalf.
If you'd like to vote for Abi, you can do so by visiting her profile and clicking the "Vote for This Hero" link.
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US icon Phil Donahue moves into film with Body Of War
Phil Donahue is a household name in the US, famous for his eponymous talk show and a TV career that spanned three decades. But that does not mean making his first feature documentary was a piece of cake.
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The Three Rivers Shooting Sports Club regrets that due to unforeseen problems, the club will be unable to host the "Family Day on the Range" planned for June 18. The club plans on re-scheduling the family day event later in the year. Organizers extend their apologies to those in the community who had planned on attending this event.
We recently returned from visiting our son in Moore, Okla. Scott lives just three miles from Toby Keith, and yes we saw his home.
Keith has the largest American Flag flying in his yard that I have ever seen. That man is very well thought of in Oklahoma.
It is always such a pleasure for us to visit Scott because he goes out of his way to prepare special meals for us. He does do a good job of impressing his mother with his culinary talents. Wonder where he learned how to cook so well?
English Baptist Church will be the site of the "Big Apple Adventure." Amid the exciting sights and sounds of the city, youngsters will learn that they can connect faith and life through a relationship with Jesus.
The program is Vacation Bible school at English Baptist Church. Children age four through grade seven are welcome. The program 6-8:30 p.m. June 26-30.
In the one-week adventure, kids will visit worship at Times Square, Bible study at Battery Park, music backstage, playground 1017 and the crafts district.
Cassaundra Louise Ogden of Sanders is one of 294 to receive Eastern Kentucky University's dean's award for the spring 2011 semester. Ogden is a senior seeking a degree in elementary education teaching.
To earn the dean's award, students must achieve dean's list honors for three semesters. She will receive a lapel pin presented by the dean of her academic college for the achievement
Sara Rebecca Clifton and Rachel Elizabeth Hunt, both from Carrollton, were named to the Morehead State University Dean's List for the 2011 Spring Semester
To be named to the list, a student must be enrolled on a full-time basis and achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the current semester.
Kentucky and Indiana have a racing heritage deeper than any two states in our country.
Carroll County home-owners and property owners who suffered damage from spring flooding can apply for assistance through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Director of Emergency Management Ed Webb said Monday the federal agency qualified Carroll County for the disaster assistance program late last week.
Rain in April and May pushed levels up along both the Ohio and Kentucky rivers, flooding many parts of Carroll County.
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Two men set off for an afternoon of ice fishing just south of Sandbar State Park in Milton Thursday, January 19, 2012. / MATT SUTKOSKI, Free Press
Less Lake Ice:
Number of times the lake failed to freeze over, per decade:
1900-09: 0
1910-19: 1
1920-29: 0
1930-39: 2
1940-49: 1
1950-59: 5
1960-69: 3
1970-79: 3
1980-89: 5
1990-99: 7
2000-10: 5
Lake freeze-overs, or lack thereof, in the recent years:
2000: Not closed
2001: March 2
2002: Not closed
2003: Feb. 15
2004: Jan. 27
2005: March 8
2006: Not closed
2007: March 2
2008: Not closed
2009: Not closed
2010: Not closed
Earliest ice-over: Jan. 7, in 1868.
Earliest ice over since 1900: Jan. 16, in 1977.
Fewer people around Lake Champlain are walking on water than they once did.
Lake Champlain is freezing over less frequently and less extensively than in decades past.
"It's entirely clear the lake isn't freezing over as much as it used to," said Mike Winslow, a staff scientist with the Lake Champlain Committee.
The lack of complete ice cover might be starting to affect the ecology of the lake, and likely has a hand in altering the winter ice-fishing culture on the lake. Ice fishing, a tradition on Lake Champlain for as long as anybody can remember, is shifting away from the increasingly open central part of the lake and north toward sections Lake Champlain that freeze more reliably.
Freeze-up records have been kept for the lake since the early part of the 19th century. The data showed that in each decade from the 1820s through the 1920s, the lake froze every year, or stayed open just once in each 10-year period. The lake failed to close twice in the 1930s, then once in the 1940s.
Since then, freeze-overs are far less likely. In the 1980s and 2000s, the lake froze over in just half the years each decade. In the 1990s, the lake froze completely in just three winters. Lake Champlain has not completely frozen over since March 2007.
A 2010 Nature Conservancy report noted that when the lake does freeze over, it happens on average two weeks later in the winter than it did during the 19th century.
Global warming might be responsible for the lack of recent lake ice, but it's probably not the whole story. Ice cover began diminishing in the 1950s, before there was a marked increase in winter temperatures in the Champlain Valley. Observers say part of the reason for the fewer reported number of years with solid ice on the lake is that small gaps in the ice are more visible from airplanes than they are from shore.
Other issues besides warm winters conceivably could be at work, said James Ehlers of Lake Champlain International. He wondered if treated wastewater is warmer than water that would normally flow into the lake. And stormwater flowing over pavement is warmer than it otherwise would be, he said. Is that warmer water having any effect on lake ice, or is it too small of an amount to make a difference? Ehlers said he doesn't know, but it would be interesting to learn.
In any event, the ice unquestionably is important to sportspeople on the lake. A 2010 Fish and Wildlife Department anglers' survey indicates 19,000 of the state's 75,000 anglers ice-fished on Lake Champlain in 2009. About 2,900 people from out-of-state also ice-fished on Lake Champlain, according to the survey.
Ecological impact
It's unclear whether the lack of ice on Lake Champlain has had any effects on the local environment. Nobody has noticed anything major, Winslow said. Many other lakes in the Northern Hemisphere also are freezing less completely than they used to as the climate warms. A bit of data can be gleaned from those bodies of water, Winslow said.
Studies from German lakes indicate that less ice causes plankton to grow at different times than in the past. Plankton is a basic food in a lake ecosystem, and fish are a big consumer of plankton.
That could lead to problems if the spawning schedule of fish gets out of sync with plankton growth, Winslow said.
Scientists still are trying to determine how less ice would affect a variety of species. Perhaps alewives, which is considered a nuisance species in Lake Champlain, might be harmed by less ice cover. Another invasive pest, milfoil, might germinate at different times, but what effect that would have on the overall population of the nuisance plant is unknown, Winslow said.
Cold-water fish, such as trout, Atlantic salmon and whitefish, probably won't suffer at all with less ice, said Brian Chipman, a fisheries biologist at the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. The lake is immense, with plenty of deep, cold water for these species regardless of whether the lake freezes.
However, the Nature Conservancy report disagrees, saying there is the potential for harm to cold-water fish if ice continues to diminish, because they might not be able to adapt quickly enough to changing water temperatures or ice cover.
Overall, it might be hard to tease out effects caused by a lack of lake ice or other factors, such as warmer water temperatures.
The lack of ice is affecting only parts of Lake Champlain. The northern end of the lake is, for the most part, rather shallow and regularly freezes over completely. The freeze-over in the bays near the northern Champlain Islands was late this year — around Christmas — but a foot of ice now covers several bays and inlets near Alburgh and North Hero.
The culture
The broad lake, off Burlington, is wide open, which is an increasingly common occurrence. In some of those years, Burlington's inner harbor, from the shore to the breakwater, would freeze, but not every year. The result: The throngs of people often seen strolling on the ice inside the breakwater on nice winter days is a less common sight.
In recent decades, the lake also has started to stay open farther south, near Thompson's Point, said Bruce Chipman, a fisheries biologist with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Although there's been little discernable ecological effect of the scant ice near Thompson's Point, there's a lot less ice fishing off of southern Chittenden and northern Addison counties.
Leo Collins, 84, of Berkshire says he has fond memories of ice fishing near Thompson's Point off Charlotte and Long Point off neighboring Ferrisburgh in the 1940s. "We used to go down below Charlotte, go out and fish for smelt," he said.
"Back in the 1940s, there were quite a lot of fishermen. We used to go down there, and it would be like a little village. A good get-together. They'd visit and come out of their shanties and visit and ask how the fish were biting," Collins said.
When the ice was good near Charlotte, usually from mid January until the end of February, there would be a little village of roughly a dozen shanties.
Collins said he stopped ice fishing several years ago because age caught up with him, and he worried a slip and fall would be catastrophic.
With so much less ice near Thompson's Point, Collins said he imagines smelt fishing has taken a dive. People have no doubt retreated north to the Champlain Islands, where there's plenty of lake perch but not much smelt, Collins said.
Chipman said there's a change in behavior among ice-fishing enthusiasts, he said. They're migrating north, to where they still can walk on water.
The north
One recent afternoon, the bays around Alburgh and North Hero had ice at least a foot thick, and a number of ice-fishing enthusiasts were out in bright sunshine and a chilly south wind.
The lack of snow so far this winter exposed most of the hard, clear ice covering the bays and inlets in the Champlain Islands. Sun glared off the rough surface, making the lake resemble a photograph of small ripples on water stirred up by the wind. A few small, lonely snow drifts, the legacy of a brief snow squall last week, were scattered near the shore like timid swimmers wading into cold water.
Roger and Ann Davis of Danielsville, Pa., said they spent most of the week in North Hero, ensconced in a fishing shanty about 40 feet off shore, their car parked conveniently next to it — atop solid ice about a foot thick.
Lake Champlain attracted the pair because bodies of water near their home aren't freezing. It's been too warm in Pennsylvania, Roger Davis said. "It's not frozen where we are," he said. "We're chasing the ice."
The couple said they were planning to pack up and head north into Canada for more ice fishing.
As the Davises kept catching small perch, Chris Wright, 41, of Alburgh was about a half a mile north, unprotected by a shanty, also seeking perch. He said his catch Thursday was, at best, so-so.
Wright, bundled beneath layer upon layer of clothes to shield against moderate wind gusts, said he ice fishes at least five times a week. He remarked how few people there were on the lake.
It probably wasn't a lack of ice, he said. After all, he was standing on plenty of it. He attributed the decline to reasons such as high gas prices, which discourage people from driving to the lake, and young people who are less inclined to ice fish than their parents.
"Young kids, for the most part, don't do this as much. They're at the computer all the time," Wright said. "When I was a teen, that's all we did: hunt and fish."
Chipman said if the culture of ice fishing on the lake is changing, a lack of ice on parts of the lake is only a part of the reason why. Modern technology, such as portable, collapsible shanties, make coming and going easier.
"Those more-or-less permanent shanty towns are not as prevalent as they used to be. The portable shanties might make it less likely for little communities to spring up in any one location in the winter," Chipman said
He doesn't see an end to ice fishing any time soon. If one part of the lake is open, there's plenty of other areas to go. "What a lot of people are finding is, you'll get a lot more fish if you're willing to wander," Chipman said.
And overall fish numbers and health in Lake Champlain are robust, Chipman added.
Vast areas of Lake Champlain remain ice-free. Warm weather expected early this week would prevent much additional freezing. But it's anyone's guess as to whether the lake will freeze entirely this winter. A cold February still could lock in the lake, Winslow said.
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A lot of us blogging peeps do a recap of our monthly blogging endeavors. I keep a running list of what I've read so I don't see the need to do an individual post here on that subject, but I did think maybe it might be fun to look back at what other bloggers have posted on in the past month. Things that I or you felt were particularly memorable.
One thing that immediately comes to mind is that August was The Book Smugglers awesome themed adventure of Young Adult Appreciation Month 2010. If you love YA or are new to the vast umbrella genre, take a look at their offerings. There's a ton of interesting posts there alone, sometimes more than one a day.
And this reaches just slightly further back, but it's close enough ( I mean, July 29 is practically in August's lap, right?). The Book Smugglers' post on Sister's Red and why they had some issues with it is still getting some interesting reactions overall about the business of criticizing books. Does criticism of books ever shift into censorship of said books? When does stating your opinion actually cross that line in terms of blogging? Can any of us that do criticize books really keep those books from getting read? I'd like to see and read for myself the posts that are being called out as censorship/sensationalism. This is pretty much necessary in order to make a reasonable decision on the matter.
Katiebabs continues to be consistent in her passion about the publishing community and making other bloggers aware of potential problems in blogging. And if those kinds of issues aren't your cup, there's always her highly amusing, and sometimes stomach turning, WTFery posts.
You know who has some of the best set of look-back links? Jessica at Read React Review. Her Monday Morning/sometimes Evening Stepback Posts are a super blog highway interchange of interesting links.
Presenting Lenore did a month-long look at dystopian fiction, so get thee on over there if this genre is on your radar. I know I still need to wade through all the goodness because I must read more of it myself.
I've noticed a couple of bloggers that include their terrific fellas in their thoughts on books: Angie of Angieville and Katie of Adventures in Katiedom. To me, this is so utterly and completely sweet to see this kind of heartfelt sharing happening between partners who support each other's extracurricular passions.
Dark Fairie Tales always posts the most up-to-date look at new covers in the fantasy and paranormal romance fields. If you're a cover lover like me, you should keep her blog on your radar to stay abreast of all the latest covers. Jackie at Literary Escapism also keeps a running Facebook posting of monthly covers. Last but not least, Jane at Dear Author is now compiling a monthly resource of covers as well. Go ahead, cover lovers, drool.
And he's been back at it again for a little while now, but I'm still glad to see Doug over at SciFiGuy rejoining the Blogoshere and posting regularly again. He was indeed missed those many weeks.
Clearly I need to get on the bandwagon and read the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins. The book's multi-district blog tour pulled in some seriously whopping entry numbers.
This month's look-back is a little on the short side, because, well, the idea just came to me. But this can also be about your favorite or most memorable looks back at the previous month in the Blogosphere. If you'd like me to include your links here, just leave them for me in the comments section and I'll add them in.
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November 27, 2015
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The Pittsburgh Steelers have signed center Maurkice Pouncey to a five-year extension that will keep the three-time Pro Bowler as the anchor of the offensive line for the rest of the decade.
The new deal averages $8.8 million per season, making Pouncey the highest-paid center in the NFL.
The 24-year-old Pouncey was entering the final year of the rookie contract he signed after the Steelers took him with the 18th overall selection in the 2010 draft. He's the only center in league history to make the Pro Bowl in each of his first three seasons.
Pouncey had a season-ending right knee injury in the first game of the 2013 season against Tennessee. He's been fully participating in organized team activities, which ended Thursday.
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text: Excerpt--Manager of Choice Permissions By Nancy S. Ahlrichs 2003, 232 pages, Hardcover ISBN: 0-89106-180-0 SHRMStore Item #: 61.13502 Order from the SHRMStore or call (800) 444-5006 Managing with Whatever It Takes A new understanding about the tradeoffs for hard work is emerging. Multiple social and business influences have been at work reshaping the employee--employer relationship or contract. For years, work has imposed itself on the private lives of employees. Late hours and work taken home, trade shows, conferences and clients away from home, calls to come in early, beepers, and on-call status have required that family time be sacrificed in exchange for the promise of long-term employment. The overabundance of top talent and dearth of high-quality jobs until 1995 ensured that anyone employed did whatever was necessary to stay employed and be considered for advancement. The unwritten, unspoken contract guaranteed that hard work would pay off in continued employment and a decent retirement. If not the latter, at least the former was expected. The bonds between employees and their organizations were loosened by the repeated violation of this long-standing psychological contract when employers began to lay off longtime employees, rewrite benefit packages, mismanage company finances so that retirement plans were in jeopardy, and require employees to be in charge Of their own careers. Initially, the generation known as Veterans (born prior to 1946) and Baby Boomers (born 1946-64) accepted the changes and continued to live to work. They did not alter their work hours or approach to work. Gen X employees (born 1965-77), the children of the first laid-off workers, refused the contract concept altogether. After two decades of mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, outsourcing to maquiladoras, technology upgrades, and global sourcing, Gen Y (born 1978 and after) asked, "What contract?" Both younger generations are determined to work to live even if that means scaling down financial and lifestyle expectations. Today, after the shock of September 11, employees of all ages increasingly want their own individual contract. No one expects the employer to take care of the employee today. The "new" contract is two-way, and more egalitarian or partnering in nature, as compared to the "old" contract of the past that instituted a more parent/child type of relationship. In an analysis of more than eight hundred business-related articles from trade and academic journals, Mark Roehiffig et al. conclude that there are "systematic differences across target employee groups in what they require and value in an employment relationship." Flexibility is key to the new contract. In exchange for employees' commitment to quality services, efficient processes, and the customer, the organization must demonstrate care about their work-life balance, efficiency at home, family, health, and interests. Employers today desire an empowered, committed workforce that makes decisions that are in the best interest of the organization. To increase the odds of that outcome, employers of choice (EOCS) offer a variety of work configurations and schedules, competitive compensation, developmental and skills training, and respectful, fair treatment. just as your customers have stepped forward to partner with your organization to defuse the value of what is purchased, your employees--as consumers of the work experience--are exercising their right to design, accept, or reject a specific job, work configuration, or even an entire career. The variation of employee preferences may be due to different career and life stages and levels within the organization such as new graduates versus managerial employees, white collar versus blue collar, and core versus peripheral employees. Other factors such as nationality, citizenship status, religion, disability, and so on may also play a role. A poll of 660 working Americans by management search firm BridgeGate, LLC, points to demographics as one of the factors that encourage loyalty. In their study, 50.5 percent named factors other than money as the reason they continue to work for their current employer. These factors include Flexible work schedule: 17.3 percent of women valued it versus 11.2 percent of men Benefits: older employees valued benefits the most, including 30.1 percent of the 45-54 age bracket and 36.7 percent of those ages 55-64 compared to 23.1 percent of all respondents Training opportunities: younger employees (10.7 percent of respondents ages 18-24) were more attracted to ongoing learning versus 4.7 percent of all respondents Stock options: men were almost three times (12 percent) as likely as women (4.7 percent) to be motivated by stock options Raises: younger employees (ages 25-34) were more motivated (5 2.3 percent) than those in other age groups (4 3.2 percent) to stay for higher pay Managing has never been easy, but it can be easier today if you do not limit your approach to the old contract, structuring all work on-site and during current work hours using your current job descriptions and headcount. Instead, look at the results desired and open your mind to new ways that technology enables tasks and projects to be bundled or unbundled. In the coming decade, never will so few do so much with so little continuous time together You will no longer "manage by walking around." Being a manager of choice (MOC) in the new century will instead require two kinds of wit: a sense of humor and a "whatever it takes" (WIT) approach to getting results. In this chapter we cover the trends and demographic drivers behind the need for alternative work configurations, the variety of work and employee configurations that will be needed to get results, the role of employee involvement in success stories, and the use of communication, mentoring, and "managing up." Nothing is more difficult than gaining acceptance for new ideas. Selling new approaches and structures up and down the organization is a key part of managing with WIT--and a key part of being an MOC. 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Report: Rangers not interested in trading top prospects for Marlins ace Josh Johnson
The Rangers may have missed out on landing Brewers ace Zack Greinke, but the front office isn't going into panic mode just yet. Despite the fact that Greinke will be playing for the Angels for the rest of the season, the Rangers aren't interested in selling the farm to acquire a top-tier ace before the trade deadline.
While Marlins pitcher Josh Johnson and Rays pitcher James Shields have been linked with the team, Rangers.com writer T.R. Sullivan said the team doesn't appear to be very high on Johnson — at least from a health and home/road split standpoint.
But there are some other concerns, according to sources. His health has been tenuous through his career and this season his home/road splits have been drastic. He has a 3.35 ERA at home and a 5.48 ERA on the road.
Johnson may not be on the radar, but Shield is reportedly still a name the Rangers are considering. According to the Tampa Bay Times, they're currently one of four teams looking at the Rays ace.


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Guiton Named Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week
Sept. 23, 2013
TYLER, Texas - Kenny Guiton has been selected as The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award National Player of the Week for the fourth week of the college football season. Guiton is a fifth year senior who got his first college start at quarterback two weeks ago for an injured Braxton Miller. Guiton set a school record Saturday with six touchdown passes - all in the first half - in a win over Florida A&M, 76-0. Guiton completed 24 of 34 passes for 215 yards.
Guiton is a graduate of Aldine Eisenhower High School, Houston, Texas.
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Re: IDEAS FOR A NEW KNIFE SYSTEM..RallyOrDie May 22, 2013 1:04 PM (in response to CNSC)
1 hit from the back, 2 hits from the front.
Re: IDEAS FOR A NEW KNIFE SYSTEM..ghamorra May 22, 2013 1:09 PM (in response to CNSC)
Gettin shot should prohibit a knifing motion, problem solved.
Re: IDEAS FOR A NEW KNIFE SYSTEM..WolfRidge May 22, 2013 1:34 PM (in response to ghamorra)
ghamorra wrote:
Gettin shot should prohibit a knifing motion, problem solved.
^^ This
Re: IDEAS FOR A NEW KNIFE SYSTEM..RunAndGun1 Jul 10, 2013 5:27 PM (in response to CNSC)
I love the idea of knocking back a player as a defensive move.
What would REALLY float my boat is if they (the developers) finally wake up and allow me to REMOVE the knife and/or prone from the sticks of the controller. Nothing gets me more deaths then when I'm simply trying to quickly aim my weapon, and instead I knife at the air, slowing me down from being able to shoot my weapon.
Let ME choose whether or not I want knife/prone on my sticks OR on my buttons. That would spare me SO many deaths.
Re: IDEAS FOR A NEW KNIFE SYSTEM..STUMPGRINDER_14 Jul 10, 2013 9:10 PM (in response to RunAndGun1)
Yes I agree,
No knife possiblilty if you are shot and 2 hit in front and 1 in back
Also rifle melee should return. The knife melee had been around since 2007 and returning rifle melee may freshen things up.
Re: IDEAS FOR A NEW KNIFE SYSTEM..Unusualguide Jul 11, 2013 7:38 AM (in response to CNSC)
While I do understand the idea of the knife taking 2 slashes to kill instead of one from the front, I disagree. However, I may have some solutions.
1. Like Ghamoora said, being shot should prevent knife motion/lunge OR reduce the lunge distance to almost zero.
2. Players cannot knife unless they have their kinfe pulled out. Prevents panic knifing and makes more logic and sense.
3. Gun Melee Bash - smash your enemy with your weapon. 50 damage (pistols 33). Has very little range.
Yes, I would like to see the bayonet coming back or any sore of melee attachemnt which isn't a tactical knife to pistols. Maybe a modern version of the bayonet, or something completely new.
Anyone knows what happend to the Ghosts Multiplayer Discussion Forum?