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MINNEAPOLIS -- Josh Reddick walked back into the visitors' clubhouse at Target Field after a long stretch in the batting cage Tuesday carrying a bat and wearing a smile.
Reddick was literally feeling no pain. His often-ailing right wrist made it through several days' worth of batting practice, enough that the A's activated him from the disabled list although manager Bob Melvin didn't go so far as to put him in the starting lineup.
``I'm hoping for tomorrow,'' Reddick said. He later took a full session of regular batting practice as one last test.
Asked about his right wrist, which has bedeviled him since April when he smashed into a wall in Houston's Minute Maid Park in pursuit of a foul ball, Reddick said ``it's been no issue since the injection'' of cortisone last week.
The right fielder is confident in his health, but he said he wouldn't put the A's needs ahead of his own.
``I want to be able to play back to the way I was,'' he said. ``If I'm not 100 percent, I won't (play). Right now I'm pretty close, at least as close as I'm going to get until I can get more rest in the off-season.''
Melvin said it was ``very tough to see him (coming) back'' this season.
``For sure on the catching end,'' Melvin said. ``And it's probably a stretch (to see him) on offense, either.''
Jaso, out with a concussion since the last week of July, said he ``can do everyday normal things,'' but baseball specific duties have made it clear that he's not completely over his concussion.
``It's disappointing, because he's a key guy,'' Melvin said. ``He hit up in the order, got on base a lot. It seemed like he was right in the middle of everything.''
Jaso was hitting .271 with an on-base percentage of .387 that is the best on the A's roster.''
As always, Melvin said Tuesday the club is ``keeping our options open'' regarding the left-hander, but there are no plans at this point to move Anderson into the rotation or to push anyone else out.
Moss had his lower right molar extracted Monday morning before the A's flew from Oakland to Minneapolis and he said ``the doctor really knew what he was doing.''
``I thought I come to the park with my jaw all puffed up,'' Moss said. ``But there's been none of that. I don't feel it much.''
That didn't happen, however, and isn't likely to for a couple of days more. That being the case, Otero rejoined the club with the understanding that he may have to leave again sometime in the next 48 hours.


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Can I request a clarification for a Transcoding setting in this very useful guide?
In http://otmanix.de/english/2009/05/21/ja ... iguration/
it states:
- skip loop filter deblocking for h.264: disable deblocking filter for h.264 HD videos
It's unclear to me from this description and from the description in the software if I should check this or not to get best quality. In the software, it states:
- Skips loop filter deblocking for H264: COULD DEGRADE QUALITY, disable this is your CPU is fast enough!
I take "disable this" as uncheck it for better quality? Is that correct?
Thanks again for this great resource!!


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POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Right
BIRTHPLACE: Sollentuna, SWE
DRAFTED: NSH: 2005-230 overall
|CAREER NOTES: The ninth of 44 players selected with the final pick of an entry draft (modern era, since 1969) and go on to play in the NHL. Is only one of three players picked last overall to play at least 100 NHL games and record at least 150 points… The first Nashville draft pick to score 20-plus goals for the team in three consecutive seasons (2009-12), and the first to record 30 goals for the team.
2012-13: Moved into 10th on the franchise's all-time goals list, and enters 2013-14 nine goals away from three players tied for seventh (J-P Dumont, Greg Johnson, Scott Hartnell; 93)… Scored all four of his goals on the power play, leading the team in the category… Ranked third on the Predators in shots (87) despite playing in half the team's games… Set a career high in average ice time (16:13)… Led club forwards in average power-play ice time (2:48) for the third straight season… Put 12 shots on goal on Feb. 18 vs. Colorado, including a franchise record eight shots in the third. The 12 shots tied for the highest by an NHLer in 2012-13… Missed 24 games total due to injury… Signed a five-year contract through the 2017-18 season on April 30… Began the season with Red Ice (Swiss-2), before transferring to Djurgarden (Sweden-2) in November… Joined Gotteron (Swiss) for the Spengler Cup in late December.
2011-12: Led the team in goals (27) for the second time in three seasons… Ranked second on the team in power-play goals (8)… Tied for the team lead in shots (230), the third straight season he paced the team in the category… Had the lowest average ice time (15:19) among the NHL's 62 25-goal scorers… Tied a franchise record – and for the second longest of the NHL season – with a six-game goal streak (7g) from Oct. 27-Nov. 8… Played in his 200th career game on Nov. 8 at Los Angeles… Missed six games due to injury… Joined Sweden at the 2012 World Championships, playing the nation's final three games of the tournament. PLAYOFFS: Tied for second on the team in assists, and fourth in points (1g-3a)… Paced the Predators in shots (36).
2010-11: Ranked second on the team in goals (21)… Tied for third on the team in points (48)… Set career highs in assists (27) and penalty minutes (47)… Paced the club in game-winning goals (5) for the second consecutive season… Tied for second among Nashville skaters in power-play goals (6)… Led Nashville in shots on goal (265)… Collected his 100th career NHL point with an assist on April 2 vs. Detroit… Posted a franchise record, and tied a 2010-11 NHL season high, in shots on goal in a game on Dec. 28 vs. Dallas (14). PLAYOFFS: Set franchise records for shots in a playoff season (43) and in a playoff series (29) in the WCQ vs. Anaheim… Recorded points (2g-1a) in three of Nashville's first four postseason games.
2009-10: Became the first Nashville draft pick to score 30 goals for the club, leading the team and registering the fourth-highest total in franchise history (30)… Tied a franchise record and tied for second in the League in game-winning goals (8)… Led the team in power-play goals (10)… Tied for the team lead in points (51)… Set a franchise record for shots in a season (275)… Had the fewest NHL games experience (108) and the lowest average ice time (15:41) among the NHL's Top 20 goal scorers… Paced all Nashville skaters in plus/minus rating (+18)… Played in all four of Sweden's games at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver… Scored his first Olympic goal in the quarterfinals vs. Slovakia, with his hockey idol, Peter Forsberg, setting the goal up. PLAYOFFS: Made his playoff debut in Game One, and posted his first career playoff point/assist in Game Six of the WCQ vs. Chicago.
2008-09: Started the season with the Predators, and was recalled on two other occasions (Feb. 3 and March 17)… Posted his first career assist/multi-point game (2a) on Oct. 25 vs. Los Angeles… Ranked third on the Admirals in goals (17) and tied for fourth on the club in points (35), despite playing only 49 AHL games… Also ranked third on Milwaukee in power-play goals (8) and second in shots (161)… Appeared in all 11 of Milwaukee's 2009 Calder Cup Playoff contests, tying for second on the team in points (8) and goals (4).
EUROPE/AMATEUR: Tied for 12th in the Swedish Elite League and led Djurgarden in goals (18) in 2007-08… Tied for sixth in the league and led his club in power-play goals (11) in 2007-08… Led Sweden and tied for second overall in goals (6) at the 2008 World Championships… Named Rookie of the Year in the Swedish Elite League in 2006-07 after leading junior players with 23 goals. The goal total broke a record previously held by Peter Forsberg for most goals by a junior player in Swedish Elite League history… Tied for Djurgarden team lead in goals and ranked second on the club in scoring (23g-11a-34pts) in 2006-07… Represented Sweden at both the 2007 World Junior Championships and the 2007 World Championships… Played for Sweden at the 2005 U-18 World Championships, earning a bronze medal.
BACKGROUND: Grew up idolizing former Predator Peter Forsberg, and lists tennis star Roger Federer as his favorite athlete in another sport… Other favorites include Spain (vacation spot)… Nickname: "Horny."
TRANSACTIONS: July 31, 2005 – Nashville's seventh choice, 230th overall (seventh round), in 2005 Entry Draft.


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Community Calendar
At the 14th Annual Walk for Housing, hundreds of community members will come together in raising critical funds and awareness for simple, decent, and affordable housing for hard-working, local families in need. Registration for the 3K Walk begins at 1:00PM. The Walk begins at 2:00PM. It passes several Habitat homes, allowing participants to view completed projects and appreciate the challenges that lie ahead as we strive to create a sustainable solution for this community. Festivities include live music, an exciting raffle, and family-friendly activities. Following the Walk, Habitat will dedicate 5 newly completed attached homes on East Parmenter Street. Participants can tour these new homes. Walker Teams are forming now. We are also seeking Corporate Sponsorships.
Contact us at 845-568-6035 ext 105, or on the web at www.HabitatNewburgh.org.
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It seems that new parser is buggy at first try Here are my quick tests:
Anything you add to Expert settings and will play video with mencoder, buffer will goes to minus and PS3 hanged on black picture.
Tried 3 examples mentioned in Expert settings. Same behaviour also when settings will not be applied. EDIT:This behaviour caused enabling not re-encoding AC3 as described in "P.S.".
Maybe bug in your tsmuxer parsing code:
1.Example-MKV with 1st DTS and 2nd AC3 track(LPCM enabled,force AC3 disabled): Ac3 track played only, not possible switch to DTS
2.Example-MKV with 1st DTS and 2nd AC3 track(LPCM enabled,force AC3 enabled): DTS played as LPCM, AC3 possible to be switched via remote
When played or audio switched manually, error generated but movie continues ok:
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[Thread-212] TRACE 19:40:43.048 Exception in thread "Thread-212" java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException
[Thread-212] TRACE 19:40:43.050 at java.io.PipedInputStream.read(PipedInputStream.java:355)
[Thread-212] TRACE 19:40:43.050 at net.pms.util.H264AnnexBInputStream.getArray(H264AnnexBInputStream.java:125)
[Thread-212] TRACE 19:40:43.050 at net.pms.util.H264AnnexBInputStream.read(H264AnnexBInputStream.java:44)
[Thread-212] TRACE 19:40:43.051 at java.io.InputStream.read(InputStream.java:85)
[Thread-212] TRACE 19:40:43.051 at net.pms.io.PipeIPCProcess.run(PipeIPCProcess.java:76)
[win32/tsMuxeR.exe] TRACE 19:40:43.149 Process C:\Program Files\PS3 Media Server\win32\tsMuxeR.exe has a return code of -4! Maybe an error occured... check the log file
3.Example-MKV with 1st AC3 and 2nd DTS track(LPCM enabled,force AC3 disabled):AC3 track played, DTS possible to be switched via remote, then plays as LPCM
When played or audio switched manually, error generated but movie continues ok: Error same as above.
Movie sample was same in all 3 test. I only changed priority of audio in container.
Using MEncoder(also MEncoder MT):
When you play MKV with AC3, it played OK, after that you will try another one with DTS converted to LPCM.Played OK. Trying to play first video again or another one with AC3, it will fail. It seems that 1st using of LPCM conversion will deny playing AC3 after that but LPCM plays without problems. Weired.
Second shot, similar problem: When I played longer with switching between more MKVs with LPCM(DTS) and AC3 files, another problem arised. After a while it was irellevant what audio you choose, always(95% of my tries) were played as LPCM, also AC3 tracks...calling LPCM re-coding will do something weired and influence all next played videos.
It is possible somehow tune this sample? There is a DTS and AC3 audio(I am ignoring commentary in OGG Vorbis).
When you play it with MEncoder+A/V sync enabled ===> DTS is ok,synced but AC3 is shifted or maybe plays at different fps as Video, so totally unsynced. Maybe video at 23.976 and audio at 25(audio is from PAL source)
If you disable A/V sync, both DTS and AC3 are played synced but with AC3 it is choppy. It is possible to to find optimal MEncoder parameters?
When it is played via tsMuxer, AC3 audio is not synced(shifted of different fps?) It is possible somehow change m2ts header to 25(audio) instead of 23.976(video) so video will be synced? tsMuxer supports it.
An example: http://rapidshare.com/files/177652637/Hell.mkv.html
Many thanks Shagrath!!!!!
Big impact on my testing above have also settings "Remux when audio track is in AC3(no reencoode)".
When enabled, tsMuxer is unstable and fall down(MEncoder was used on video file).
Will repeat testing when this feature will be disabled if something will change.


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Restrooms at Sandburg Home closed
Published: Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:38 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 11:38 a.m.
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will begin work on June 10 to reroof the restroom facility near the visitor parking lot. The restrooms, bridge and nearby picnic area will be closed until the work is completed. The work is anticipated to last 1-2 weeks. Visitors will be directed to take a detour around the front lake to access the Sandburg Home and grounds. The restroom facility near the Sandburg Home will remain open. Visitors are also requested not to smoke in the park as some of the materials being used are flammable.
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Twelve members of the Tuesday Study Club were present at the September seventeenth meeting at the home of Anne Sorensen. The meeting began with a potluck luncheon. This is the 112th year of Tuesday Club's existence.
Anne Sorensen told about many innovations and inventions that originated in Minnesota. Post-It Notes were invented by 3M in 1980, and the pop-up toaster was invented in 1919 in Stillwater.
Water skis were invented in 1922 by a Lake Pepin water-sports enthusiast, and the oxygen mask was invented by three Mayo physicians in 1935.
Packaged cake mix premiered in 1947 with Betty Crocker's Ginger Cake, and the pacemaker was invented in 1959 by Medtronic founder Earl Bakken.
James Ryan, a University of Minnesota engineer, invented the black box used as a key clue in plane crashes in 1953. He also invented retractable seat belts in 1963.
The next meeting will be on October 15 at the home of Clarice Fastenau. Myrna Eppeland will present the program.
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It was my first time to see them. I've never considered myself a Phish Head, but I did enjoy Hoist and Rift in high school. My step-dad had connections at UT Communications where they used to tape ACL. He got me on the list for the show. 'Twas indeed a unique opportunity to see them in a small(ish) club-like setting.
I was right up front with a pretty loose but lively GA pit in a venue (Studio 6A) with a total capacity of around 800. Honestly, had they done any of the covers of music I was already mad on (Zappa, Talking Heads, The Who, etc.), it may have been a turning point for me.
My 2nd Phish show wasn't until just recently in Grand Prairie, TX on 07/29. The entire performance blew me away (especially the light show!). Didn't recognize but a couple of the songs, but the Phab Phour sure are incredible musicians. I've since downloaded several shows and studio albums. Maybe a couple weeks on the tour next summer? Who knows?


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Sockeye Salmon Rice Pilaf with Peas and Mint
Who knew? Until recently, no one had tested the antioxidant capacity of common culinary herbs, instead focusing all the attention on fruits and vegetables.
While berries, plums, prunes and other colorful blue-red-purple fruits top the list of antioxidant-rich foods, we now know that culinary herbs offer even higher antioxidant capacity, ounce for ounce.
Oregano, parsley, bay leaf and mint boast the greatest antioxidant capacity, followed by thyme, rosemary, basil, and their aromatic cousins. Today's simple recipe makes tasty use of two of these antioxidant champsparsley and mintplus the potent antioxidant, anti-inflammatory powers of cumin, turmeric, onion, and cayenne.
Sockeye Salmon Rice Pilaf with Peas and Mint
Prep time 45 minutes
Serves 4
2 g omega-3s per serving
2 cans (7.5 oz each) traditional pack sockeye salmon or 2 cans (6.5 oz each) skinless-boneless sockeye salmon
2 teaspoons organic extra virgin olive or macadamia nut oil
1/2 cup finely chopped onion
1 garlic clove, minced
1 1/4 cups long grain rice
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon organic turmeric
1/2 teaspoon organic cayenne powder
2 chicken or vegetable stock cubes, dissolved in 3-3/4 cups
hot water
3/4 cup frozen peas
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley and/or mint
Sea salt and organic black pepper
2 tablespoons finely grated Gruyere, Parmesan, or Cheddar cheese, if desired
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It was misleading.
Barbra Streisand's show stretched nearly three hours on Monday at the HP Pavilion and the fans sure acted like they'd gotten their money's worth -- which is saying something, given the ticket prices ($98-$503).
But in reality, Babs wasn't all that generous with her own time.
The Brooklyn native gave fans video montages, guest stars, touching family moments (with her son Jason Gould and her sister Roslyn Kind), political chatter and musical collaborations. All of that used up clock, mostly in enjoyable ways, but it left too little time for what really should have been the focus of the night -- Streisand's voice.
The show contained 23 numbers, some of which were medleys. And guest stars appeared on -- or handled -- roughly half. The second set was particularly troublesome, with Streisand going solo on just four of the 13 selections.
Maybe the 70-year-old legend has to organize her shows in such a fashion to protect her voice. If so, it's working -- her voice, when we heard it, came across strong and clear in San Jose.
Following a video/slideshow of vintage Streisand shots, from childhood to early stardom, the singer appeared onstage looking radiant in a black dress dotted with sequins. The conductor commanded the full orchestra, which was divided among two pits mid-stage, and Streisand let it fly on the title track to the Broadway musical "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever." She closed the tune in spectacular fashion, clinging to the last note like it was a winning lottery ticket.
She then made her way to a chair at the front of the stage, next to a small table that held a small vase of red roses, before leaping back up with the quip, "It's hard to sit on sequins." She then went "visiting," walking about the stage to get a better view of the fans, all the while making small talk between the lyrics in a medley of "Nice 'n' Easy" and "That Face." Streisand followed with nice versions of "Didn't We?" and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," before beckoning for Il Volvo -- the popular trio of Italian tenors who are all still in their teens.
Streisand sang "Smile" with the trio, then left the pop-opera sensation alone to sing two more pieces, including the late 19th-century classic "O Solo Mio." Il Volo sounded terrific, yet it's hard to fathom how the group will get beyond being pop-opera's version of One Direction. Streisand unwittingly underscored the situation when she exclaimed at the end of Il Volo's showcase, "Take that, Justin Bieber!"
The guest stars routine got out of hand in the second set. Streisand opened with a sweeping solo version of "My Man," but the next seven numbers all featured guest stars. First up was Chris Botti, a Streisand favorite.
"He's really a fine musician and fine looking -- and that's a winning combination," said Streisand of the contemporary jazz trumpeter who once sold skimpy "Botti Call" women's underwear at his shows.
Botti was well-suited for the occasion, first duetting with Streisand on a few tunes (including an especially moving "My Funny Valentine") then spelling Streisand for a pair of cuts. When Streisand returned she called out son Jason Gould. It's a good thing Gould, whose father is Elliott Gould, has friends and family in high places, because his solo version of "Masquerade" made it pretty evident he probably didn't earn this showcase on vocal merit alone.
The family reunion continued when Streisand invited her sister, Roslyn Kind, out for a strange, strained duet on a mash-up of "Happy Days Are Here Again" and "Get Happy."
Fortunately, Streisand closed the evening on her own, with a lovely version of "Some Other Time," from the 1944 Broadway musical "On the Town."
I indeed look forward to seeing Streisand "Some Other Time." And when it happens, hopefully she'll leave some of her friends and family members behind.
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The t-shirt design thread
I have background in graphics and web development from 2004, but I have a bunch of ideas for shirts. After speaking to one person, it led me to go and speak to another. I now know that I was using the wrong application (Adobe PhotoShop) to create the designs, I now know that I should be using Illustrator. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to put my thoughts down. Any help would be appreciated.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:01 am
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sketch books are for planning and getting your thoughts worked through.
get a t shirt template for illustrator.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:12 am
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Oh shit, here we go.......welcome to the board.
Start with sketches, perfect the design in those, then begin to build them in Illustrator.
As I know it.....Photoshop is raster (dealing w/ pixels), so you're stuck once you finalize/flatten something. Illustrator is vector (anchor points w/ mathematical equasions and shit), so you can always stretch, change, etc later as you need to. Izzzz niiiiiiiiiiiice.
Kind of on/off subject.......you seen this yet? Very awesome for design
It might apply here.
this may be more helpful in this case. I don't condone anything, but these are available online w/o forking over hundreds of $.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:12 am
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I do the sketching, a very basic one, but I do have sketches. I haven't thought to download a template. Thanks for that idea.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:17 am
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With any luck Kese will hop on here and give you some pointers. You might want to run an idea by the SFR honchos with also examples of what you want to do first, but I guess it's too late for that now. Bon chance!
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:25 am
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illustrator uses vector art like anomaly said it sizes better because it actually uses straight lines to create....lines, while photoshop uses pixes. Its also better for screen printing too.
You can use photoshop if you have to though.
post your roughs here for us to critique and help you build the design too. :)
this forum usually gets deep with designs if inspired.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:31 am
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I recommended Mr. Freyer come to this forum. He was sending me designs that looked well below printing standards but he's been persistent and I know people here have a better understanding of this stuff than I do. For one, it looked like he was using a program that wouldn't work with shirt printing at all. Also, it looked like he could use some help with typography.
I'm really glad he decided to post here and open up this discussion. I think a good way to focus on some specifics may be to post some pics and/or links to work people have done or are working on.
Maybe we could give examples of what we this is bad work juxtaposed with what we think is good work?
We used to have t-shirt design contests on this forum. I think the last one we had was in 2004. I believe that was the "Fuck Clear Channel" contest. I may be wrong about that.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:45 am
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While that MS Creative suite looks like it may be good for workflow and presentation, I personally wouldn't use anything but Adobe (maybe Corel...) to build t-shirt designs.
You can use both Photoshop and Illustrator to create t-shirt graphics, but it is much easier to separate colors, maintain crisp lines, edit text & objects, and scale in Illustrator.
Many high-end photo-realistic graphics are handled entirely in Photoshop. But with pixelation, and blending, color separation and edge quality become a problem. Usually with complex raster images, hours worth of color separation is required to take the image from the monitor to the shirt. (unless you're utilizing digital printing to imprint the garment)
When creating images in PS it's recommended to build colors in layers, maintain a Document/ Image size with the actual size you want it to be printed, all at a resolution of 300 dpi or higher.
I usually try to avoid setting type in PS, because Illustrator provides a superior set of tools, and better editing in countless ways.
If you're having issues with your typography I would definitely recommend using Illustrator.
Being a screen-printer and designer I generally prefer working in and sticking with Illustrator as much as I can for t-shirt graphics. Once you've got the hang of it everything is that much easier and cleaner.
Illustrator cannot do some things Photoshop can, if you keep everything tight, you should be able to use both together seamlessly. Doing so does begin to complicate things, but if you have the knowledge of how to build graphics with final color separations in mind, the possibilities are endless...
Personally I like to build everything up with using both, but ultimately convert the artwork to vectors in Illustrator.
For some examples:
the Sage Heart Shirt is printed from a high res raster .psd image:
the Xaul Stalker shirt is printed from a raster image that had been converted to vector:
the graphics for LI(F)E Cover shirt were created from a more complex blend of both vector and raster graphics:
Most other shirts in the
SFR Store
are printed from straight vector graphics.
The Make History or Be History shirt was made from a series of drawings on paper, input into the computer, worked on in Photoshop, and finalized completely in vector format:
This shirt was completely worked out from start to finish digitally on the computer, again using PS and AI in a complex back and forth manner in order to maintain color separation:
Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:22 am
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Thanks Sage, and also Kese.
Kese, that was very informative for me. I got some sites from an instructor at my school to look wt. As well as some tutorials that I'll be watching. I would like to get a grasp on this. I have a feeling that I'm making this a lot harder that it is. I was working with AI this evening and I think I should invest in a tablet to do my artwork on my Macbook, seems that it'll be easier and more precise to get the image that I want. Is that what you use to do your art?
Thanks for the info, and you know of any sites or even videos that would be useful please let me know, that would be appreciated. I'm also using Adobe CS4 Master Collection (Mac).
Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:44 am
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Forgot to mention that I am/was using Adobe PhotoShop and Freehand. Sage is correct that the images are at a less quality, I can admit that lol.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:46 am
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@ Duxz ...... I'll post what I have when I vet home from work this morning. I will state it now and when I post that they are just ideas that I have the designs have no color or in-depth detail. They are very very basic, with no real detail to to the designs. Lol please be gentle
Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:58 am
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Kese gave a lot of awesome info, like usual. He is the print master. I used to have a screen printing studio as well, we probably started around the same time, and the way his skills have progressed is outstanding.
Are you looking to just design for shirts, or design AND print? If its the first, understanding the printing process will probably help you a lot. If you're looking to design and print your own, know its going to take a lot of patience and practice. Good design can transcend all mediums, but good printing takes time.
When I had my clothing line, I would start out by just sketching in a notebook any and all ideas I had. The strong themes would get developed into more detailed sketches- I would scan them and trace them in AI, with swatches of Pantone colors to use for ink and shirts. Then when we approved our 8 designs to go into production we would do the full blown design, print a few practice shirts in different colors (sometimes it looks great on the screen but does a weird color vibration on the shirt).
Definitely post up what you've got. There are plenty of people here who can give you some constructive criticism and pointers.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:09 am
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@ zagadka ...... at this point I'm doing as a hobby, I really have no intention to make any sales or profit from them. Basically, doing it just for fun.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:19 am
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Ok here is the samples that I have done. As stated before, please keep in mind that they are just the ideas that I had and that I have not done any graphical work on them to make them really stand out. I want a file started with the ideas and then run with them once i get this whole process done correctly. Please be kind lol. Also, if the website shows up that I have these on please let me know, I am not trying to advertise anything for myself or anyone else. I just needed a spot to upload the pictures to.
This pic I was just bored at 3 a.m. in the morning at work. Just having some fun killing time.
Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:27 am
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kese what about designs without all the bold vector lines/ stamp look
how do you do those? for an example an alex pardee shirt
while it does include blacklines its mostly just color
this shirt was one of his paintings
this is the style i am interested in
Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:13 am
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He spent the next 30 years going about Italy, founding monasteries and hermitages. He longed to give his life to Christ in martyrdom, and got the pope's permission to preach the gospel in Hungary. But he was struck with illness as soon as he arrived, and the illness recurred as often as he tried to proceed.
During another period of his life, he suffered great spiritual dryness. One day as he was praying Psalm 31 ("I will give you understanding and I will instruct you"), he was given an extraordinary light and spirit which never left him.
At the next monastery where he stayed, he was accused of a scandalous crime by a young nobleman he had rebuked for a dissolute life. Amazingly, his fellow monks believed the accusation. He was given a severe penance, forbidden to offer Mass and excommunicated, an unjust sentence he endured in silence for six months.
The most famous of the monasteries he founded was that of the Camaldoli (Campus Maldoli, name of the owner) in Tuscany. Here he founded the Order of the Camaldolese Benedictines, uniting a monastic and hermit life.
His father later became a monk, wavered and was kept faithful by the encouragement of his son.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
|Irving's response >
The case for the Defendants
11.54 The prime instance cited by the Defendants is the persistent misrepresentation by Irving of the evidence (referred to above) as to the number of those killed in the bombing of Dresden. They rely also on his misrepresentation of the evidence of Dr Sperling as to the number killed (see paragraph 11.45 above). Finally they rely on what the Defendants assert to be not merely misrepresentation of the evidence but an invention on the part of Irving, namely his claim that the figures of 140,000 and 180,000 had been supplied at the time to Kleinert of the Red Cross (see paragraph 11.39 above).


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Last night's rain is causing problems in Columbia County. In one Evans area neighborhood, the six hours of rain brought a man-made lake up about a foot, causing it to spill across Lake Jean Road.
The man who built the lake, Bill Tiller, says it can get much worse...and has. He's had to do major construction to keep his family's house from washing away.
Water rushes across Lake Jean Road after every heavy rain. Tiller worries about his great-grandchildren playing too close.
"They play in it, and it's dangerous," he says.
Tiller built the lake and all the houses nearby, and named the road after his wife of 64 years. Now he watches out for his granddaughter across the street.
A flood a few months ago washed away the back porch and the entire yard.
"The foundation was damaged," says Tiller. "We had to jack it up."
He had to build a cement foundation in the back yard, and put the grass on top of it.
"We had to build the yard back, or lose the house."
Tiller has been a developer since World War II. He suspects the overflow happens because of nearby construction runoff blocking the water in.
Emergency Services director Pam Tucker says the county watches the area every time it rains.
"When it rains really hard, that creek picks up too and you got a little river going through there," Tucker says. "We go ahead and get the road closed...you know, barricades up, and close it off," she says.
Tucker says the county hopes to fix the flood-prone area with money from a bond referendum. However, the county says they do not have any plans to work on the road right now, because not enough traffic uses it.
It causes a slight inconvenience for people trying to drive through...and a safety concern for people like Bill Tiller, who worry about what it means for the neighborhood kids.
"It will wash them right down the stream!" he says.
Tiller says building the lake was his childhood dream.


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You can do this by selecting the bottom choice of the color combo box (Others...). A system dependent color dialog is shown which allows you to choose a color and a value for 'alpha', 'transparency' or 'opacity'. Then choose for example black or white but with 25-75% transparency. A transparent grid and meta grid color has the advantage that the entities underneath the grid always remain visible. Especially fine horizontal or vertical lines tend to completely disappear under opaque meta grid lines at certain zoom levels.


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March is women's history month. What we now so blithely celebrate, praising individual females for accomplishment and movie stars for being movie stars, actually began in the midst of a revolution.
By 1876, the United States was patting itself on the back by holding a huge anniversary celebration of the country's birth. Believing that the promises of the Declaration of Independence were still unfulfilled for women, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Lucretia Mott and their sister activists went to Philadelphia to protest. Afterward, the first three began to set down their history. "Men have been faithful in noting every heroic act," they wrote, so their task was "to make for generations a record of the heroic deeds of the other half."
Collecting memories and documents from across the country, sifting through their own collections and arguing, they set to work. Ten years later, "The History of Woman Suffrage" appeared in three volumes, numbering over 1,000 pages. After Stanton died in 1902, journalist Ida Husted Harper joined and in the end the massive work became six volumes available for "generations."
The next important landmark also had political roots. American Mary Ritter Beard edited the New York suffrage journal The Woman Voter and was friendly with the British radical Emmeline Pankhurst. With Americans Jane Addams and Florence Kelley, Beard was involved with organizing to improve working women's conditions. In 1933, she published "America Through Women's Eyes," insisting that ours was not "a long tradition of martyrdom." This idea was developed further in her best-known work, "Woman as Force in History," published in 1946.
Feminists in the late 1960s and early 1970s built on and expanded the groundwork. Studying earlier activists became an important tool for writing women back into history and a weapon against what was defined as the "sexism" of the day. The "herstory" uncovered, shared and taught in the young field of Women's Studies incorporated and sometimes focused on African American women, Latina women, Native women, poor women, working women. Out of the efforts of such a group at Sonoma State College in California and then Sarah Lawrence College in New York came the first acknowledged Women's History Week in 1981 and now, Women's History Month.
The need to collect and record our history goes on. A group called Veteran Feminists of America is currently compiling a biographical guide to who was there and what they did in the Second Wave of the movement.
Louise Bernikow is the author of seven books and numerous magazine articles. She travels to campuses and community groups with a lecture and slide show about activism called "The Shoulders We Stand On: Women as Agents of Change." She can be reached at email@example.com.
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text: JonnyManic, stop being a pansy. I know there are stars to be travelled, but nowhere in the universe will you find a place where deflavored eggs and cardboard stand a legitimate chance against totally awesome Mexican food. Even goddamn Taco Bell is better than the "finest" British restaurant. A lot of good things have come out of that island, but food is not one of them. (Unless you count potatoes, which rock only because they make burritos more awesome.)The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had.


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EAGLE COUNTY - Snowfall measured in feet is a good thing, but can bring hazards, especially in the backcountry.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center's website Wednesday warned of "considerable" avalanche danger in the Summit County/Vail part of its map. That danger is fairly widespread across the northern and central mountains, including the Aspen and Sawatch Range, as well as Front Range mountains.
According to the April 17 report filed by forecaster Tim Brown, "danger is decreasing in the Vail-Summit zone. Still, Brown wrote, those heading into the backcountry can expect fresh wind slabs of snow up to three feet thick, primarily on "north to east aspects near and above treeline."
Brown also warned people to be cautious around slopes of 30 degrees and steeper, especially if those slopes show signs of recent slide activity and cracks.
The new snow could also affect unstable snow slabs deep in the snowpack, Brown wrote.
"Human-triggered slides are possible to likely near and above treeline," Brown wrote. "The calendar says spring, but the Vail-Summit County snowpack is still winter-like in some areas and it still demands respect."


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Central Christian College tennis coach, Jeremy Nelson, has added another player to his women's roster for the 2013-2014 season.
Nelson has signed Em Barnett, a senior from Kansas City, Kan. Barnett played high school tennis at Maranatha Christian Academy where she lettered two seasons for the Eagles and head coach Leslie Bailey.
"Em was focused, persistent in self-improvement and self-perfection," Bailey said. "She is a real leader and role model."
Barnett will be joining a young Tiger team that had four upper classmen and six freshmen last season.
"Em is a great young lady with a great attitude and work ethic," Nelson said. "She will be a great fit for our program and for the CCC community."
Barnett is the daughter of Tim and Pam Barnett of Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated in the spring with a 3.52 cumulative high school GPA.
She plans on pursuing a degree in business while attending Central Christian.
Barnett will join her new teammates in late August when all new freshmen report to campus.
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Force feedback vibration controllers are nearly within the
grasp of North American PlayStation 3 gamers. Announced at last
year's Tokyo Games Show, the DualShock 3 released November 11 in Japan.
Gamers elsewhere resorted to import solutions in order to experience
the good vibrations not felt since the PlayStation 2 days.
The DualShock 3 will hit U.S. retail on April 15, near the
release of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue,
which supports rumble feedback. SCEA announced in February that the DualShock 3
will retail at $54.99, or $5 more than the current SIXAXIS controller.
Although Sony appears to have little problem maintaining
multiple different SKUs for its consoles, it has no intention of keeping two
controller models on the market. Speaking to MTV, a Sony representative said, "Sixaxis
will no longer be offered after it's completely sold through at retail (likely
by the summer timeframe)."
One interesting thing to take away from the Sony statement
is that a new 40GB PS3 console package will be on its way perhaps as soon as
summer. As the current 40GB model includes a SIXAXIS controller, Sony will have
to at the very least revise its current bundle to incorporate the newer
DualShock 3.
The DualShock 3 controller will be officially a part of new
consoles this June, with the introduction of the Metal
Gear Solid 4 package which will
include the game, 80GB PlayStation 3 and controller.
4/3/08 Update: Gamers are reporting that that local retailers, such as GameStop and Best Buy, have begun receiving early shipments of DualShock 3 controllers and are permitted to sell immediately.
quote: Jesus christ, has the basic reading comprehension of Dailytech readers gone way downhill recently?
quote: quote: I for one wouldn't mind a trade-in, but don't game stores do this already? Like if you give them a controller, don't they give you some store credit you can put into a Dualshock 3? Ya, it's called GameStop. That or just roll to a pawn shop.
quote: I for one wouldn't mind a trade-in, but don't game stores do this already? Like if you give them a controller, don't they give you some store credit you can put into a Dualshock 3?


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BERKELEY -- Equal doses of defense and Justin Cobbs gave Cal a recipe to finally overcome the Pac-12's last-place team.
Cobbs had 22 points and seven assists and the Bears used a 24-8 finishing rush to pull away from USC 77-64 on Sunday afternoon in front of 9,687 fans at Haas Pavilion.
A month after a stunning road loss to the Trojans, Cal (18-9, 9-5) moved into a tie for third place with Stanford. The Bears have one day of prep before leaving for Tucson, Ariz., where on Wednesday they will face Pac-12 leader Arizona -- the team they knocked from its No. 1 national ranking on Feb. 1.
"We've got to get every one we can," Cal junior Ricky Kreklow said. "It's getting to March. A lot of things can happen."
A lot less might have happened for the Bears in March had they lost again to the Trojans (10-17, 1-13), whose only win since December came at Cal's expense. Cal now remains in the thick of the hunt for a top-four Pac-12 finish and first-round bye in the conference tournament, and an NCAA tournament bid.
"It was a win we had to have. I would have been very disappointed if we didn't," coach Mike Montgomery said. "We're not into quality points, just trying to win games."
USC, playing without suspended top scorer Byron Wesley, led 56-53 with 8 minutes left when the Bears grabbed the game by the throat.
"We've had struggles at home lately," Kreklow said. "It feels good to get one back, especially against a team we gave one up to early in the year."
The Bears got that done by running off 11 straight points, sparked by consecutive drives to the basket by Cobbs.
"We changed what we were doing," Montgomery said. "We spread the court, opened up some driving lanes, and Justin was good at finishing."
The second of his assaults on the basket came after Cobbs noticed the Trojans' defense left the lane unprotected. "They parted the sea," he said of the drive that gave Cal a 58-56 lead with 7:26 left.
Cal, playing a four-guard lineup with forward Richard Solomon benched by foul trouble, continued to attack at both ends. The Bears got eight second-half steals after eight first-half blocks, giving their offense a lift.
"We can't sit back," Montgomery said. "We've got to get up and get into people, force mistakes."
The Trojans had just three turnovers at halftime but coughed up 11 in the second half, leading to 13 Cal points.
"We ratcheted it up on defense and that got us easy buckets," Cobbs said.
There have been few easy baskets recently for Jabari Bird, the highly touted freshman guard from nearby Salesian High. But Bird contributed to the Bears' closing rush by making a reverse layup, then back-to-back 3-pointers to push the lead to 72-60 with 2:26 left.
Bird, who finished with 10 points, had made just 2 of 22 from 3-point range in 13 previous Pac-12 games.
"Jabari had a good week. There was a bounce in his step. Practice was better," Montgomery said. "It's nice to have him back in the mix."
Wednesday's game
Cal (18-9, 9-5 Pac-12) at Arizona (25-2, 12-2), 6 p.m., ESPN2


text: Bob Kane entered the comic book industry in 1936 as a freelancer for Jerry Iger's Wow! What a Magazine! At the Eisner-Iger studio, he drew funny animal strips and humor features. His first adventure strip was "Rusty and His Pals" for DC's Adventure Comics. In 1939 he collaborated with writer Bill Finger to create a new strip for Detective Comics: "The Bat-Man." The rest is history! Inducted 1998


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Ford Fuel-Economy Controversy: Is EPA Test to Blame?
By Mike Ramsey and Joseph B. White
Ford Motor Co. is trying to turn the tables in a controversy over fuel economy ratings for some of its new hybrids, suggesting the problem is how the government's ratings for such cars are calculated.
The company's C-Max hybrid wagon and Fusion hybrid are rated at 47 miles per gallon, using a method developed by the Environmental Protection Agency. But in a road test by Consumer Reports magazine, it reported the C-Max and Fusion were only able to achieve 37 mpg and 39 mpg, respectively.
On Friday, a Ford executive said the EPA test may require modifications to more accurately reflect a hybrid's fuel-economy.
"We are working closely with industry to see if we need to change our hybrid testing procedures," said Raj Nair, Ford's global product chief. Mr. Nair previously has said Ford followed the EPA's published rules in conducting its tests.
The window-sticker mileage figures for standard cars with gas engines are easy to calculate. But testing for hybrids is trickier because at times they run on battery power alone, and battery performance can vary significantly depending on how fast a driver accelerates. Hot and cold weather also can lower the electric driving range.
An EPA spokesperson declined to say whether the agency is talking with auto makers about changing its methodology for setting fuel economy ratings.
Ford's two hybrids are able to travel up to 62 mph on battery-power, much faster than many other hybrids. By running more of the highway portion of the test on battery power, a vehicle would improve its fuel economy.
In EPA-designed tests, a vehicle's wheels sit on giant metal spinning drums that run through a driving cycle meant to capture city and highway scenarios, including stops, starts, heavy acceleration and highway driving speeds. Most of the highway testing is done at an average of 48 mph, below the 62 mph threshold of the Ford vehicles.
However, most consumers typically drive faster than 48 mph on the highway and accelerate faster than is required to keep a car in electric mode, eliminating much of the hybrid's fuel benefit. Mr. Nair said that driving a car at 75 mph instead of 65 reduced a rating by seven mpg, driving at 40 degrees Fahrenheit instead of 70 degrees Fahrenheit reduces mileage by five mpg.
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Soccer has caught on in America.
The evidence is in how much the 2-1 loss to Belgium hurts. The ratings will show what social media suggests -- the nation was captivated by the U.S. men's national team's presence in the knockout rounds of the 2014 World Cup.
Tuesday's match was reality catching up with America. There is an elite level of soccer we just haven't reached. The talent, skill and technique of the United States is behind the world's best. Belgium was clearly the better squad.
But it was riveting to watch the Yanks try to compensate with heart. It's how they defied the odds and made it through the group stages, in arguably the toughest quartet of the tournament. It was enough to help them hang on for a scoreless tie through regulation despite being thoroughly outplayed.
And it almost brought them back from a two-goal deficit in extra time.
"It's the American mentality. It's the American spirit," said Landon Donovan, who served as an ESPN commentator after being left off the team in a controversial move by coach Jurgen Klinsmann. "That team kept going, kept fighting."
Soccer has caught on in America.
Such is clear in how goalkeeper Tim Howard is being revered as a national hero.
He embodied the resolve of the country, refusing to break under the relentless attack of Belgium. He registered 16 saves -- the most in a World Cup game in the 50 years the stat has been kept -- and many of them robbed Belgium of sure goals.
Because of Howard, the United States was spared embarrassment on a global stage. Because of Howard, soccer in America earned some respect. And America noticed.
According to Twitter, there were 1.8 million tweets mentioning Howard during the game, including celebrity shout-outs ranging from Michael Strahan to Justin Timberlake to Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
"It's heart-breaking," Howard said in a post-match interview. "I don't think we could've given anymore. ... It hurts."
Soccer has caught on in America.
The acceptance of Klinsmann is proof. The German was met with skepticism when he took over the national program. That especially increased when he left Donovan, America's biggest soccer star, off the 23-man roster. Then he publicly said the United States would not win the World Cup.
But it's turning out Klinsmann might know what he's doing. His bluntness proved truthful. His recruits played well. His tactical choices, criticized by experts and in this space, kept the United States' technical weaknesses from being too exposed. And he knew how to push the buttons of his team, from the substitutions to getting the players to believe.
As a result, the United States beat Ghana, almost beat usual powerhouse Portugal and gave Germany and Belgium -- both markedly better teams -- a real ride. In two weeks, Klinsmann has gone from a major question mark to a household name.
Soccer has caught on in America.
Because we now are on the lookout for the promising youngsters the United States unveiled Tuesday. Especially Julian Green and DeAndre Yedlin.
Yedlin looked to be the only one who could hang with the soccer studs of Belgium. Then in extra time, Green, a 19-year-old, made a sparkling debut.
Chris Wondolowski and Clint Dempsey, veteran scorers, missed close-range chances. Wondolowski's would have won it in regulation; Dempsey's would have tied it in extra time. But Green came through.
Down 2-0, he took a pass in the box and handled it with the kind of skill and instinct the U.S. side lacks. He scored the Americans' only goal on a difficult one-timer, showing off his touch and focus to beat Belgium's world-class goalie, Thibaut Courtois.
Green's goal gave hope. Not just that the United States could tie and force penalty kicks. But also hope that U.S. soccer has a bright future. Perhaps he can be the kind of player the United States desperately needs -- someone with the skills to make something happen one-on-one, to keep possession under pressure, to scare opposing defenders.
Futbol will never surpass football in this country -- or basketball or baseball. And it will likely always be most relevant during World Cup season.
Still, soccer has carved out its own place in the heart of America. That's why the United States had the largest visiting contingent in Brazil. Why fans gathered by the thousands in public venues across the country. Why ratings for these games rivaled the BCS title game and blew the NBA Finals and World Series out of the water.
And the men's national team performed well enough to justify us paying more attention to the world's game. They made us care.
"We've seen the amount of people watch the games grow," defender Omar Gonzalez said. "It's amazing to see how many people are rallying for us back home, who are cheering for us, who are feeling for us. ... It was definitely felt."
Read Marcus Thompson II's blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/thompson. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on at Twitter.com/ThompsonScribe.


text: This picture takes a while to load. It was posted yesterday by NASA. Take a look at western North Dakota. It gives off more light, due to the flaring of unused natural gas from the oil wells, than Phoenix or Minneapolis. What a waste. It could be piped to Fargo and Grand Forks to provide cheap heating for both cities--and much more.


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The Hannibal Salvation Army Christmas fund-raising campaign will be launched at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Salvation Army store and Family Services Center, 302 Broadway, Hannibal.
The 2013 Christmas goal for Hannibal is $90,000, including both the kettle (bell-ringing) campaign at local stores, and the mail campaign.
Events on Saturday will include the arrival of the River Roads Chapter of the Harley Owners Group (HOG) toy run. The toys will be distributed Dec. 20.
The public is invited to volunteer for a time and location to ring the bells. To volunteer, see the schedule on the website, ringbells.org.
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Two scholarships opportunities are available through the Lake of the Ozarks Master Naturalist Chapter to prospective or existing college students who graduated from high school in Camden, Miller or Morgan counties or who currently reside within the Lake area. Scholarship recipients must be pursuing (or plan to pursue) a career in a conservation or natural resources field. This might include majors in forestry, wildlife management, biology, fisheries, parks and recreation, or natural resources.
Says scholarship chairman, Marvin Silliman, "We are looking for undergraduate or graduate students interested in helping to preserve and protect our valuable natural resources in Missouri and ideally here at the Lake of the Ozarks."
Two $1,500 scholarship opportunities are available:
1. A $1,500 scholarship targeted to an individual who is (or will be) a full-time college student and who currently resides within the Lake Area. Preference will be given to applicants who have or will graduate from a High School in Camden, Miller or Morgan County.
2. A $1,500 scholarship targeted to an individual who is a full-time or part-time student and who currently resides within the Lake Area.
The scholarships will be for the fall and spring semesters of 2013-14. Fifty percent of funds will be allocated per semester for a total of $1,500/scholarship for the school year as applicable. Funds may be used to cover books, tuition or fees and will be paid directly to the scholarship recipient.
For scholarship applications go to the Lake of the Ozarks Master Naturalist website at http://lakeozarkmasternaturalist.com .
Further questions and completed applications may be directed to Jodi Moulder at the Missouri Department of Conservation office in Camdenton. Call 573-346-2210 x 233 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Applications will be accepted through June 7, 2013. Recipients will be notified of acceptance by July 15, 2013.
"We know there are many qualified students who are seeking financial help to complete their studies in a conservation related field. This scholarship is an attempt to help them reach their educational potential and to make a significant contribution to preserve the natural beauty and quality of life in our area," says Moulder.
Members of the Lake of the Ozarks Master Naturalist Chapter share a common interest in nature and in volunteering to help protect, preserve, and restore Missouri's natural heritage. This active group volunteers for many area projects. Some of these include: Eagle Days, native landscaping projects at Wilmore Lodge and the Camdenton Missouri Department of Conservation Office complex, restoration of the Hurricane Deck School Outdoor Education Classroom, Kids Club for Lake Area children, and local Stream Team monitoring.
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Holocaust Denial on Trial, Trial Judgment: Electronic Edition, by Charles GrayTable of Contents
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The case for the defendants
11.48 The Defendants rely on the suppression by Irving of the evidence of Miller, which is referred to at paragraph 11.36 above. It was, say the Defendants, perverse and unwarranted for Irving to have preferred the uncorroborated hearsay evidence of Mehnert to the credible, first-hand testimony of Miller.
11.49 The Defendants also criticise Irving for his treatment of the two reports which are referred to in paragraph 11.23 and 24 above. Irving made clear on several occasions at the time when he received copies of these reports that he regarded them "with extreme caution" and that he remained "a little suspicious" of the new figures. He told his Italian publishers not to attach too much importance to them. According to the Defendants, there was no justification whatever for such caution in the face of the hard evidence of the two reports.
11.50 Thirdly, the Defendants allege that Irving is perverse when he sticks to his estimate of 60,000 to 100,000 when Reichert (definitively, according to Evans) fixes the figure at 25,000 (see paragraph 11.40 above)
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Oculus Innovative Sciences, a company that designs, produces, and markets healthcare products including medical devices, is spinning off its biotechnology business, Ruthigen. Oculus will retain all Microcyn drug and device indications while Ruthigen will focus on RUT58-60, a drug candidate intended for the prevention of infection in trauma and surgical procedures. RUT58-60 is a new chemical formulation that, according to the firm, contains twice the concentration of hypochlorous acid, along with magnesium and no sodium hypochlorite.
According to the firm, Oculus' intent is to secure additional FDA and CE regulatory approvals and to expand medical device offerings over the next 12 months. While Oculus will continue promoting Microcyn-based products for topical use, Ruthigen intends to focus on use of its drug for internal use targeting organ exposure. Ruthigen's plan is to identify a partner for its European drug indication as well as file an S-1 registration statement to fund its pivotal drug program in the United States. Upon completion of a public offering, the entities will operate independently.
Upon completion of the spinoff, Hoji Alimi, founder and current CEO of Oculus, will remain on the board of directors at Oculus and serve as chairman and CEO of Ruthigen. Jim Schutz, the current COO and director of Oculus, will assume the role of CEO of Oculus, with a new board chair to be elected shortly.
"By separating these unique businesses into two companies, we believe each company will benefit from greater strategic and managerial focus and be better positioned to capitalize on future market opportunities," Alimi said. "Our Microcyn business will continue as it has over the past seven years providing life-saving products for patients without the additional burden of drug development costs....The spin-off of Ruthigen should be attractive to shareholders who are interested in companies that are addressing the critical issue of surgical infection."
This news comes after an annoucement in December that a new U.S. patent had been issued for the use of Microcyn technology in the treatment of skin ulcers. Oculus initiated the process of creating a wholly owned subsidiary to hold the company's anti-infective drug assets back in November.
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'Arrested Development' Star Jessica Walter Goes Full Steam Ahead
The last time we saw the martini-loving Bluth family matriarch, she had hijacked the Queen Mary with the help of some seafaring strippers. Fast-forward seven years and Lucille Bluth is a bit more desperate.
Emmy-winning actress Jessica Walter plays Lucille, who's fallen further down the rabbit hole since the final three words she spoke last season. "Full steam, boys!" she barked at the troupe of strippers.
On season four of the rebooted comedy "Arrested Development"– all 15 episodes will be available on Netflix this Sunday — the character hasn't improved her parenting techniques.
The new season of "Arrested Development" will be available on Netflix at 3:01 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, 12:01 a.m. Pacific.
Walter phoned Speakeasy to discuss her classic beverage choices, how to work an outfit while in a tracking anklet, and what it means to come back to the much beloved series.
Speakeasy: How did the desperation creep in?
Jessica Walter: In the premiere episode, which we screened at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, you see Lucille has been apprehended by the coast guard and she is in big trouble for flipping the Queen Mary around. She is caught and the whole family is at the Coast Guard station. She's in big trouble, she's commandeered a ship that's not her's. It's a desperate situation and she's worried if they dig too deep, they'll get into the family financial wrongdoings. That's certainly much more desperate.
We picked it up from seven years ago and we go right through to present. Where have these people been for 7 years? You do see the progress and why she is more unhappy and desperate than ever. She really does go on this journey of finding herself.
With this increased desperation, does your beverage of choice change at all?
Martinis are martinis. What can beat a good dry, straight up Grey Goose martini? I hope you print Grey Goose so they'll send me a whole bunch of bottles. But seriously, straight up with three big olives and little olive juice., what can beat that? Lucille is very specific drinking the show. The wine was always white, it's apple juice. Champagne was more of Lindsay's (Portia De Rossi) drink. We didn't want all of our characters to e drinking the same things. A lot of olives were consumed over three seasons though.
There's a very detail-orientated facet of this show. Fans have often said they keep seeing different things after watching episodes over and over. Netflix strongly encourages binge viewing. More detailed scenes then ever, how will that change the viewing experience?
Netflix makes it very easy to go back. You can go back and scan previous episode. In my experience, I couldn't just watch one episode of "House of Cards." I really liked it. I'd watch another one. Then I started binge viewing and I finished and I almost didn't want to. Then it would be over. Withdrawal. And also, with no commercials, it makes everything much more intense for concentration too. If you're in a broadcast and it goes to commercial, which go on for a long time, you have to regroup. What happened before this? There's something to be said for both ways.
What's the key to accessorizing, especially with a mandated tracking ankle?
That thing drove me crazy, I hated it. It was very uncomfortable. I just tried to pretend it wasn't there. It's way way down though. Most of what you see on TV , they don't focus on people's feet. Accessorizing goes on from the face, earrings, jewelry, bracelets, lapels. But crossing my legs was difficult, it was annoying, and I thought it was very unflattering. We had to keep a record to make sure it was always on the correct leg, the left. It wasn't my favorite prop.
In season four, the audience gets to meet the younger you, played by Kristen Wiig. How did you set up your Lucille to make sure the younger Lucille made sense?
They didn't know who they they were getting for the young Lucille, it actually happened way after I was done. The young Lucille came in the last week of shooting. It didn't affect. me I just prayed it would be somebody fabulous.
The two Lucille's — You and Liza Minnelli — are very much at odds.
We have great chemistry, villains have chemistry together. There's romantic and parental chemistry. I think Buster (Tony Hale) and Lucille have a really good chemistry. Liza and I, we are always at odds. We have many troubles down the road. When you have worthy adversaries, it really wonderful for the actor.
How nervous were you to reprise your role?
Very. I love this character and I want to do her well. I want to give her her due. Coming back, I created a back story — where she had been, what were her values? What was her relationship with each child? What had gone on? The desperation of being caught by the authorities made her life much more difficult. She is not a self made person, the money is from her husband and his evil doings. What happens to her lifestyle? Then just being there it all came back. It's just been a blessed opportunity. People don't often get parts and writing like this. "Arrested Development" doesn't grow on trees.
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Mercedes boss says Vance doesn't need UAW
Published: Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 11:00 p.m.
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A top Daimler executive who helped lead the effort to bring Mercedes-Benz's only U.S. auto plant to Tuscaloosa County 20 years ago said Tuesday that he sees no reason for a union at the plant in Vance.
Andreas Renschler, who oversaw the construction of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International in Vance and served as the auto assembly plant's first president and CEO, is the latest official to speak out against a unionization effort by the United Auto Workers.
Renschler, now head of all car production for Mercedes, told journalists at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany that there's no need for a union or a German-style workers' council — a type of union that helps manage Mercedes plants in Germany.
"We just don't need it," Renschler was quoted by Reuters, a news service.
"The governor of Alabama (Robert Bentley) said himself that he doesn't want factories oriented towards trade unions. Workers are happy because they have direct access to management."
Renschler said he was "no fan" of seeing a union in Vance, where Mercedes has undertaken a major expansion that will add C-Class sedan production next year and then a fifth model to its production lineup after that.
Renschler, like other Mercedes officials, said, however, that company management would remain neutral on the unionization effort and leave the union decision to its Vance workers.
The United Auto Workers has targeted auto assembly plants and automotive suppliers in the South in a major union drive that was announced in 2011.
It is trying to get Mercedes employees in Vance to sign cards calling for a union election.
The UAW has seen mixed results in its unionization drive during the past two years in Tuscaloosa County. Last year, it succeeded in organizing employees at a Johnson Controls plant and a Faurecia plant, both in Cottondale.
But last month, workers at the Faurecia plant at Tuscaloosa's Airport Industrial Park rejected the union.
Both Faurecia and Johnson Controls make automotive components.
The UAW's leadership has said it sees the South as a ripe area for unionization. Some critics of the union effort have said the UAW has targeted the Southern auto industry in an effort to stay relevant after seeing its membership decline dramatically during the past several decades.
The UAW saw its membership peak at about 1.5 million members in 1979. It reported 382,500 members in 2012, a slight increase from the previous year.
West Alabama's auto industry is not the only area in the South seeing an organizing push by the UAW, which is receiving backing from IG Metall, the giant German industrial union.
News reports this month indicated the UAW has approached Volkswagen officials about allowing a workers' council at its plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. That report riled elected Republican officials in Tennessee, who said a foothold would make it more difficult for them to recruit new industry to the state.
Bentley and some Alabama officials have made similar comments.
In July, Dara Longgrear, executive director of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority, told The Tuscaloosa News that if the UAW succeeds in organizing Mercedes — one of the state's largest private employers with about 3,000 workers — it would dramatically hurt efforts to bring more jobs to the state.
"It would be a tremendous blow for what people like me work for — for what I have worked for for 35 years. That's recruiting industries with good-paying jobs," he said.
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ALAMEDA -- Whether Mike Mitchell makes his first start at strong safety won't be determined until game day as Tyvon Branch emerged from the locker room after warm-ups and drills and was a limited participant in practice Friday.
Branch, who has started 57 consecutive games, made it to the field after the media window had closed, and coach Dennis Allen was non-specific about how much he was able to do.
Asked if Branch's participation was a big step forward, Allen said, ``It's a better step forward. It's better than he didn't practice.''
Allen said Branch would be a game-time decision, and Branch, moving deliberately in the Raiders locker room, said, ``I'm not sure yet, man. It's a day-to-day thing right now.''
Wide receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey did not practice with a hamstring strain and would also be a game-time decision, Allen said.
Running backs Darren McFadden and Mike Goodson (high ankle sprains) and defensive tackle Richard Seymour (hamstring) were all ruled out of the New Orleans Saints game.
Mitchell, who has opened seven games in nickel packages but hasn't started in the base defense, is pulling for Branch but at the same time wants to show what he can do as a starter.
It's a big challenge in that the New Orleans offense features tight Jimmy Graham, a 6-foot-7 former basketball player out of Miami who has 45 receptions for 533 yards and seven touchdowns and presents a nightmare matchup because he's too big for defensive backs and too fast for linebackers.
``I haven't seen anyone get very physical with him yet, as far as DBs,'' Mitchell said. ``Most guys are too small, and they shy away from him. She just bodies them. I'm curious to see how he's going to handle more of a physical, skill-position guy checking him at the line.''
Taken in the second round of the 2009 draft, Mitchell remains eager to validate the decision by Al Davis to select him, a choice that astonished some draft analysts who considered him a late-round pick or potential undrafted free agent.
Mitchell has battled injuries at times, played in different defensive packages and on special teams, and looks forward to his first crack at being a full-time player. The presence of Branch, drafted the previous year and a starter for the last 57 games, has kept Mitchell in a supporting role.
``I'm just so ready to be done with this, to show what I can do,'' Mitchell said. ``I'm tired -- I feel like I've been held back, held back, held back. So if I get the opportunity I just want to go play good football and show the abilities God has blessed me with.''
Mitchell plays with emotion and reckless abandon. He's known as a ``friendly fire'' threat among teammates, and Allen is hoping to see Mitchell dial it back just a bit when necessary.
``He's a very passionate player, he works extremely hard, he loves the game,'' Allen said. ``Sometimes you've just got to slow his heartbeat down a little bit and get him to calm down. It's important to him, and that's what I like about him.''
Tyson Williams died at age 4 on Nov. 9 at Oakland Children's Hospital from what the team called a ``sudden and unexpected illness.''
It was a situation for which there was no manual or guide for a rookie head coach.
``You try to keep everybody informed of what's going on and be there for them in case they need something,'' Allen said. ``You can't help but have emotions about that. It was a tough situation.''


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Crews have gained the upper hand on the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. Officials say more than half the blaze is contained. The incident commander says containment of the Black Forest Fire is now at 55 percent. The fire outside Colorado Springs has destroyed nearly 500 homes and killed two people.
On Saturday night, around 1,400 households off Hodgen Road and Highway 83 were allowed to return to their homes for the first time since mandatory evacuations went into effect Tuesday.
Many waited for about an hour while firefighters and electric company workers cleared the roads that led home. Residents remained patient and seemed grateful for the opportunity to return home.
"We still have a house," said Bobbette MacDonald. "We've seen the roof from some aerial views. We don't know what shape it's in, we don't know if the windows are broken but we have a house."
She and her husband Bill didn't plan on sleeping at their home Saturday night but said they couldn't pass on the opportunity.
"Are you kidding me?" asked Bill MacDonald. "Where else would we be?"
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The original A. Lange & Sohne Datograph released in 1999 has been hailed by watch enthusiasts and serious collections as the quintessential chronograph. The watch's impressive technical features and matching harmonious aesthetics in its dial made the Datograph a classic horology icon. Roughly a decade of unfaltering success afterwards, the nearly 200 year old Saxon watchmaking company took a bold step and reinvented the Datograph with the release of the new A. Lange & Sohne Datograph Up/Down Men's Wristwatch. The uncluttered elegance of the aesthetics and loaded functionality that has made the first model famous remains the essential characteristics of the new Datograph. Noticeably, the newer incarnation bears a bigger case and dial, taking on extra prominence on the wrist while providing its wearer with a much more comfortable fit. The Up/Down designation of the watch is attributed to its new function – a power reserve indicator at six o'clock that reliably shows how much of the 60-hour power reserve there is to spare. This is surely one watch that will never leave you hanging in midstride.
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This year, HCL made it to the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI ) with a score of 70 out of a total of 100 (this is 21 points higher than the average CDP scores this year). Last year, HCL had pledged to improve its commitment towards governance and stakeholder engagement. HCL put together a strategy to involve its suppliers/vendors, senior management, academia, industry connects and civil bodies to understand priorities in relation to the environment, and this engagement framework has helped it move 12 points up this year.
(The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) is a global, investor-driven initiative which collects critical climate change data from the world's leading companies with the objective of informing the global market about investment risk and commercial opportunity, and the companies' climate change strategies. The CDP score is a very important parameter for company ratings by key financial analysts. In 2013, CDP collected climate change data from over 4,500 companies from across 60 countries on behalf of 722 investors with assets of US$87 trillion in assets under management. HCL commenced participating in 2011, and has been able to move to the leadership Index in 3 years' time).
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