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Web & Print Designer (Digital, Indesign, Photoshop, Developer, Html, CSS)
A talented Designer is urgently required by a leading Digital Agency to join an award winning design and marketing agency based between on the borders of Enfield and Essex.
They are looking for someone to join a small team working on a range of projects ranging from Print through to Web.
Print projects require good skills in Indesign for Magazine, Brochure and leaflet layout for a wide range of Clients. Web projects require skills in Photoshop, Dreamweaver, HTML and CSS to design and build (Front End) sites for a range of clients.
- This is a very busy studio juggling lots of projects so you will need to be a confident individual able to liaise confidently with clients, taking requirements and consulting with them on solutions overseeing the full project lifecycle.
- As a Designer you will be able to confidently visualise and create conceptual design layouts for both Print and also for the Web. You will also need to be able to create the front end of these websites utilising HTML and CSS.
- This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable designer to join a highly successful agency that has continued to expand and develop. This vacancy has arisen due to their continual growth so they are on the lookout for a Designer with commercial experience of site design and front end site build experience.
Skills required:
Web Design
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Due to the location of this position it would be advisable that candidates are able to drive.
***Applications should include a portfolio of design samples along with a summary outlining your requirements and availability details***


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This course will cover endodontic diagnosis, tooth morphology, emergency treatment, instrumentation techniques [including balanced forces and multiple rotary systems], lateral and warm vertical obturation techniques, management of traumatic injuries, failure, retreatment and surgical procedures, and endodontic troubleshooting.
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Specify implications and limitations of diagnostic procedures. 2. Identify tooth morphological problems often related to complications and failures. 3. Provide proper management of endodontic emergencies, including limited surgical treatment, modern instrumentation sequencing, techniques, and instrument systems. 4. Use an apex locator. 5. Improve skills with lateral and warm vertical condensation techniques, and know when to use different instrumentation techniques. 6. Discuss diagnosis and management of luxations, avulsions, root and crown fractures. 7. Diagnose and manage endodontic failures and restoration of endodontically treated teeth [including bonding agents, pins and posts]. 8. Avoid and manage common trouble areas in endodontics including short-rooted teeth, short and long fills, and perforations.
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M.B.A. Applications Rebound
After four years struggling to attract students, interest in full-time M.B.A. programs—the bread and butter of business schools—is heating up.
The median number of applications for full-time, two-year M.B.A.s rose by nearly 12% for the class that started this year, according to new data from the Graduate Management Admission Council, which administers a common business-school admissions test.
GMAC surveyed 683 graduate business programs at 328 schools world-wide for the latest report.
Application volume rose at 50% of the programs that responded to the survey. Last year, 43% reported growth.
U.S. schools had their strongest showing since 2009, when workers rushed to load up their résumés with advanced degrees in the early days of the financial crisis. But interest waned amid a tepid recovery and uncertain job prospects.
Now, as hiring ticks up among startups and tech companies—and even finance firms—so has interest from prospective students. U.S. schools reported a median 5% gain in applications to full-time, two-year programs.
Columbia Business School had a 6.6% increase in applications to its full-time M.B.A., partially rebounding from a double-digit decline last year. "We are optimistic about where our application trends are going," said spokesman Evan Nowell.
Much of the increased volume was buoyed by demand from overseas. Fifty-six percent of programs received more applications from international candidates this year, while just 38% said the same of domestic applicants.
Not all two-year programs reported gains. University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School applications fell by 5.8% this year, to 6,036. The school enrolled 837 students in its first-year class.
Wharton's application volume has dropped for each of the past three years.
M.B.A. Admissions Director Ankur Kumar attributed the decline to self-selection among applicants, saying the ones who are admitted "have done their due diligence." Wharton set a record-high yield this year, she said, referring to the number of people admitted who then enroll. She declined to disclose what that yield rate was.
Like most two-year programs, demand for one-year M.B.A.s in the U.S. also looks strong. Students have flocked to the shorter format in the hopes of cutting tuition outlays and minimizing time out of the workforce. Fifty-five percent of respondent programs reported higher application volume this year.
Applications to the one-year option at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management jumped by more than one-third this year, to 235. The school's two-year offering also reported gains.
Meanwhile, interest in part-time offerings that allow students to continue working while pursuing their degree lost steam. Just 29% of respondents globally said application volume increased at their flexible, online or executive M.B.A. programs; 18% had flat demand, while 53% saw outright declines.
The underwhelming numbers could be caused prospective students' time constraints, said Michelle Sparkman Renz, director of research communications at GMAC. "Companies in a sputtering recovery are doing more with their available talent," and that means staffers have less time to pursue advanced degrees.
Applications to the part-time M.B.A. at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis slid by 5.1% this year, to 167. At the same time, the full-time, two-year program reported a nearly 9% gain in applications, to 1,404.
Joe Fox, associate dean and director of M.B.A. programs at Olin, said he attributes the decline in part-time candidates to a sparse pipeline of potential students. Companies scaled back their college recruiting three or four years ago, leaving few workers in the low rungs of management—the sweet spot for such degree programs. Mr. Fox said corporate reimbursement rates are also near all-time lows.
While international students propped up full-time M.B.A. programs, some specialized master's degrees got burned by an overreliance on the international applicant pool. After a few years of meteoric growth, just 39% of accounting degrees and 48% of finance degrees reported gains or stable application volume this year. Last year, those figures were 81% and 68%, respectively.
Those programs had found ready audiences among young college graduates from China in particular, and economic uncertainty there has had an outsize effect on their applicant pools.
Application volume for a sampling of full-time, two-year M.B.A.s
|Number of applications, 2012
|Number of applications, 2013
|Percentage change 2012-2013
|Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
|Columbia Business School
|Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
|Harvard Business School
|Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles
|Stanford Graduate School of Business
|Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
|Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University
|University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
|Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
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PDF OCR X Community Edition
PDF OCR is a simple drag-and-drop utility for Mac OS X, that converts your PDFs into text documents.
PDF OCR is a simple drag-and-drop utility for Mac OS X, that converts your PDFs and images into text documents. It uses advanced OCR (optical character recognition) technology to extract the text of the PDF or image even if that text is contained in an image. This is particularly useful for dealing with PDFs that were created via a Scan-to-PDF function in a scanner or photo copier.
The Community Edition supports images and single-page PDFs. For multi-page PDFs you should upgrade to the Enterprise Edition.
Required OS: 10.6
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I see a new version of this app pop up what seems like every two weeks. What i don't see tho is some sort of release notes on what has changed, not here, but on the applications homepage. Does anyone know if such a thing exists?
This sort of tool is needed, as too many document online are shared as pdf's. The price, $30 might be well worth it to many, but it's hard to assess that with the very limited free version. Most documents I have tested with have a front page containing a tittle and a date, not enough to see if this tool's got what it takes to get my job done.
As there is hard to find competitors that seems serious, I have to either pay for this one and hope, or give it up. The free "communety edition" seems worthless as a basis for assessing this tools capabilities. It seems to work, kinda, but without testing with real data (lots of pages) it's hard to say.
The GUI also seems to contain some annoying dialogue-boxes, I do not need to most of them. "converting filename..." and "message: conversion complete" are separate popups.. The language/format options I can live with, although I tend to work with the same settings over and over.
But: I we tools like this, only better.
This sort of tool is needed, as too many document online are shared as pdf's. The price, $30 might be well worth it to many, but it
@shannah Fair enough, my remark about no time spent on it was completely uncalled for and i apologize for that. But my remarks about the UI still stand, but now i at least know that it was a conscious decision that steered it.
@blomma Correction from my previous post. Should read "users like yourself that prefer NOT to have their hand held."
@blomma Thanks for the critique. Most of the choices that you criticize were arrived at based on user feedback. They are all based on minimizing support requests. The original UI was more along the lines that you seem to be preferring (with preference panes rather than dialogs), but they tended to result in more support requests from users who needed to be directed through every step of the process. We'll weigh this criticism and possibly introduce an optional "expert mode" for users like yourself that prefer to to have their hand held.
As for the accusation that no time/work has been put into this software and that is merely involves a cobbling together of open source software, I think that's unfair. This app contains over 20,000 lines of original code, including a pre-parser for multi-column pages to recognize formatting before it feeds it to tesseract, and a number of other functions to assist in processing the PDFs into a form that can be handled by tesseract.
@shannah Oh yeah i almost forgot.
When you close the text window with the converted text without having saved first up pops a dialog with the text 'Unsaved Changes' with Cancel, No, Yes as the choices. And only in the title window of the popup dialog does it say 'Save this document before closin'. Holy crap that is a pisspoor dialog.
Look, it is obvious that the developer of this has spent precious little time getting the UI right. In fact i would say he has spent zero time on it.
Since the developer has just taken various opensource projects and spent no time at all making a UI, what exactly are we paying 30 dollars for?
@shannah In general some thought needs to be put into how people are using it and streamline the process of conversion, having three dialogs popup during the conversion is not kosher. It took me less than 3 minutes with the program to see these problems, which makes me think that either the developer thinks this is good or he doesn't care. Either of these is bad.
@shannah fair enough.
- If you drop a multipage pdf on the window you get a dialog that reminds you that it is in fact a multi page pdf and it will only convert the first page. This dialog should have a checkbox to never show it again, it is beyond annoying to have it popup every time.
The second dialog box should be a preference, having it popup every time is equally annoying.
The third dialog that just tells you that the conversion is complete is useless, just show the text window instead directly and only show a dialog if there was a problem.
- If you drop multiple pfd's on the drop area you sometimes don't get the second dialog asking about how to convert the document. You also don't get the third okay dialog and no text window, instead you get a dialog saying it has saved the converted files to text files. But it only saves one of the files to text, the rest never gets converted.
These are just of the top of my head.
@blomma Please suggest how you think the GUI can be improved? This is the first feedback received showing dissatisfaction about the GUI, so make your voice heard and your feedback has a good chance of being incorporated into future releases.
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So Robin the Boy Wonder and Professor Minerva McGonagall walk into a bar ...
Hey, it could happen. Not in any official capacity from DC Comics or J.K. Rowling. But in the imagination and online fan-fiction posts of 43-year-old mother of two Erica Frank, of Oakland, these characters move beyond their original constraints and, well, do whatever the heck she wants them to do.
"In this crossover, Lucius Malfoy has escaped after the war and is heading to America, and McGonagall has come to warn Batman and Robin," Frank said. "There is no way these characters would meet in anything authorized, but you can do it in fanfic."
Indeed fan fiction, or fanfic, is the fantasy football of the literary world. It's produced by people who so thoroughly enjoy the characters and universes of their favorite media genres that they want more. Much more.
So they make their own picks, move the players around in "what if" scenarios, plop them in different settings and expand on storylines where anything goes: Harry Potter might have married Hermione instead of Ginny. Captain Kirk might have secretly yearned to be a pharmacist. What was Doctor Who like as a child? Maybe Dorothy's ruby slippers backfired and sent her no place near home.
Fan fiction writing has been around for ages -- generally starting in the 1920s with Sherlock Holmes and Jane Austen clubs, expanding to fan "zines" in the '60s with TV shows such as "Star Trek," then exploding in the '90s on the Internet with hundreds of virtual communities to follow.
But many outside the community only heard the term for the first time this past summer with the mainstream emergence of the E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" series, which was modified from James' fan fiction writings about the characters from "Twilight." She originally posted on the website www.FanFiction.net.
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And though "Shades" was a stunning commercial success, that was just one maneuver in a very large playing field. The online communities -- fandoms -- are vast and develop their own guidelines, techniques and even vocabularies. People write about, talk about, have mini conventions about, make videos about and even edit each other's stories about everything from favorite novels, TV shows and comic books to Japanese anime and mangas, poems, video games or popular songs.
In one small fandom, a few people even expanded on the '80s Rick Springfield hit "Jessie's Girl" -- who was Jessie, and how did he meet this girl?
"It's really big, it's really diverse, and if you've only seen one little slice of it, you haven't seen anything," said Frank, who reads more fanfic than she writes. She admits that she doesn't even understand the rules of the fanfic sites used by her two teen daughters, ages 14 and 17. "They write fanfic about Sonic the Hedgehog and Pokemon -- not the cartoon, but the video games -- and it's done in styles of stories that only exist on the sites they use. So I have no idea what's going on there."
By far, the majority of fanfic writers are women, according to archival sites. Writers are famously anonymous, usually using online pseudonyms. (E.L. James once wrote under the name Snowqueens Icedragon.) There's admittedly a nerd factor going on. There's a lot of erotica out there. And levels of quality vary widely.
Even so, most writers support each other, says Betsy Rosenblatt of the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit run by and for fans to provide access to and preserve the history of fanworks and fan cultures. The organization maintains a wiki called Fanlore, an archive of fandom history and terminology, and hosts www.ArchiveOfOurOwn.org with more than 430,000 works from roughly 65,000 writers.
"Fandom is deeply community-based," Rosenblatt said. "A lot of people thought they invented fan fiction in their bedrooms when they were 11, then they got on the Internet and discovered all this stuff was going on."
Supportive community
People often don't know each other's real names in many fan communities, she said, "but when someone gets sick, people send money for medical expenses. Very dedicated bonds of friendship form in this virtual world."
And sometimes they spill over into real life. Frank will be attending a "slash fans" tea party this weekend in Hayward. "Slash" is where writers take traditionally straight characters and put them in gay relationships. The term originated with Kirk/Spock. (Kirk "slash" Spock).
"It can be a really supportive group. A good chunk of my friends I've met through fanfic," said Andrea Horbinski, 27, a grad student at UC Berkeley, whose most recent writings played off the Robert Downey Jr. version of Sherlock Holmes -- she loved the Irene Adler character and expanded her storyline "to make her awesome," she said.
"There can also be fandom fights," Horbinski added. "People get very invested in some characters being with other characters or not, and there are disagreements."
Overall, the whole thing's mostly for fun -- a fact that preserves the practice under the "fair use" provision in copyright law.
Rosenblatt, a professor at Whittier Law School in Southern California (and a long time Sherlockian), leads the Organization for Transformative Works' legal team, providing support for writers and educating the public.
"A surprising number of people think it's copyright infringement to use characters from someone else's work," she said. "But the law is pretty clear. Fan fiction is a transformative work that fits confidently under fair use.
Not all on board
"There are some publishers and authors who don't take the same view, who don't want someone playing in their sandbox," she said. Indeed, author Anne Rice has made it clear that she will not tolerate fan fiction of her work.
"But that's a minority view," Rosenblatt said. "I think most authors are flattered and pleased."
Even so, many fanfic writers include disclaimers saying they are only adding their own twist to the work and are not getting paid. Then again, some do hope to be published, but they likely would rework their stories should that occur. Even James revamped her fanfiction of "Twilight" so much you'd never know vampires had once been involved.
Still, one might ask, why? With such prolific imagination and creativity out there, why not come up with one's own original characters and stories?
"For one thing, the world, the universe of the particular tale, is already established -- as is the audience," said Dan Melia, an associate professor of rhetoric at UC Berkeley, with a focus in folklore. "The parameters are already set up. Especially in magical worlds, you don't have to come up with huge backstories. Everyone already knows that this spell will turn people into an umbrella, so you already have those kinds of things to work with."
Also, he said, telling stories comes naturally. "People have the narrative impulse," he said. "It used to be in the oral tradition. But the impulse is still here and has really been democratized on the Internet."
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From Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler, the acclaimed authors of The Hookup Handbook and Friend of Frenemy?, comes Your So-Called Life—a must-have, hilarious, and absolutely unique bible for any woman in her late 20s and 30s who's making the big move into real adulthood. With invaluable ideas and advice from a host of experts—from former Top Chef host and celebrity chef Katie Lee to dating expert Rachel Greenwald to Bank of Mom and Dad host Farnoosh Torabi—Your So-Called Life is ideal for every young woman at a crossroads, looking for a career, a soulmate, a home.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Now that you're approaching 30—or just getting over the trauma of the big 3-0—reality has set in. You're about to be an adult, minus the air quotes. But you don't have to do it alone.
Andrea Lavinthal and Jessica Rozler will help you enter true adulthood looking and feeling good in the only way they know how: with tons of wit and wisdom. Featuring interviews with nearly thirty experts—including doctors, career counselors, and financial planners—this handy, helpful book guides women through their second bout of growing pains and offers advice on:
- how to manage a difficult boss.
- how to deal with your ticking biological clock (if such a thing even exists).
- how to throw the perfect party in your tiny new apartment without breaking the bank.
- how to enjoy a Friday night as a seventh wheel with your married friends and their husbands.
Your So-Called Life is the bible for all "post-quarter-life crisis" women who need guidance transitioning into the real world with smarts and savvy.
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No matter how many new years we have ushered in during our lifetimes, Jan. 1 never seems to lose its allure as the ultimate chance for a fresh start.
I usually make a few resolutions -- watch my diet, exercise, stop annoying my co-workers with bad jokes. This year I'm making a resolution to take one photo a day. You can watch my progress on my "2013, One Day at a Time" Pinterest board (Pinterest.com/gardenjoan). We'll all see how good I am at keeping those resolutions. I never seem to keep that one about bothering my co-workers, much to their dismay.
In addition to looking forward on New Year's Eve, I also like to take a look back for perspective. What in my world changed in the previous 12 months? What good things happened and what bad things can I avoid the next year?
I have a lot to write in the "good things" category, most of which start and end with this column.
In early August, I began writing "Animal Life," following in the footsteps of my good friend Gary Bogue, who retired after 42 years of being the pets and wildlife columnist. I had always dreamed of being a full-time columnist, but I never dared to think of succeeding Gary.
Every day when I sit down to read my mail and write the column, I am filled with complete happiness. I never knew hunting for answers -- and learning a lot in return -- could be so outrageously fun.
It's been a long time since I've been this happy doing my job, and I thank all of the readers and my bosses for making that happen.
As with anything in life, there have been a few surprises in writing "Animal Life." For one, I get a lot of letters that contain the words "shame on you."
When I was editing the Home & Garden section, no one every shamed me for recommending mulching and composting. Gardeners are a pretty cheery lot. We want to know how to grow plants and if we don't like the advice we get, we just ignore it and carry on.
It's not that gardeners lack passion, but animal lovers are filled to brimming with it. When I've written something you don't like, you aren't shy about letting me know.
I don't take offense at these recriminations; I try to learn from them. Many times the writers are addressing concerns I hadn't thought about or angles I didn't consider.
I am an advocate for all animals, but I'm also a journalist, so I try to present all sides of the story and let people make an informed decision. Sometimes the choice is pretty clear, other times not. I don't advocate killing any wildlife, but I believe people need to make their own choices about what they can and can't tolerate in their homes and yards.
I don't like making people angry with me, but I actually hope I continue to get those types of letters in 2013. They help me expand my world. But feel free to write nonshaming letters, too.
Another surprise that came with writing an animal column is the amount of poo involved. I get what I consider an inordinate number of letters on the subject. I try to not to take it personally.
I suppose this wouldn't be a true New Year's Eve column without some resolutions to share. I'll be working on these, and I hope you'll join me.
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All three lake area Walmart stores have contributed to the St. Louis Children's Hospital in charitable gifts totaling more than $3,000.The donations were made through the coordination of Lake of the Ozarks Shrine Club and its Hospital Chair, Roland Winters.
"The total gifts represent a milestone and reflect heavily on the generosity of the business community at the lake," notes Winters.
"The entire lake area is a friend and strongly supports our Children's Hospital," adds Club Rajah Ronnie Wiles.
The Shrine Club awarded three special "Gold Page" Awards given to the Walmart representatives. The awards signify a special emphasis toward helping needy children and their families.
For more on the Lake Of The Ozarks Shrine Club and the St. Louis Children's Hospital Program, contact Dr. David Kirchner at 573-964-6113 or Hospital Chair Roland Winters at 573-365-3402.
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By the year 2030, the population of people over the age of 65 in the United States is estimated to reach approximately 72 million, nearly double what it is today. Medical schools must prepare students to care for older adults, regardless of a student's ultimate specialty. General internists and family physicians who provide primary care will assume care for most older adults, but medical and surgical specialists in all fields and emergency medicine physicians also will see more and more older adults. While family physicians, general internists and others provide care for many older adults — and do it very well— geriatricians focus on the relationship between managing diseases and maintaining function and quality of life.
Creating a vision for care of the older adult has been part of the Boonshoft School of Medicine's mission since its inception. This vision was focused more sharply in 2006 with the creation of the Department of Geriatrics, which was the result of a community collaboration that included Premier Health Partners, the Dayton VA Medical Center and the Oscar Boonshoft family. Now, the department works collaboratively with the school's other departments, affiliated hospitals and many area agencies and organizations to promote comprehensive geriatric care across all settings. Department faculty also work with faculty from other departments to incorporate the principles of geriatric medicine into the Biennium I and Biennium II curricula and participate in the education of family medicine and internal medicine residents.
Current research activities include interdisciplinary work on falls, delirium, dementia, long term care of frail older adults and caregiver advocacy. A major research goal for the department is the study of interventions and models of care that will allow older adults in the Miami Valley to remain safely in their homes for as long as possible. An accredited fellowship in geriatric medicine established in July 2008 trains two fellows each year.


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European art, ranging from the late medieval period to the present is represented through all media within the Museum's collections—painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and works on paper. Carved ivories, enamels and sculpture of the Middle Ages are among the earliest works in this portion of the collections, which also includes Italian renaissance panel paintings, Flemish genre paintings, and both religious and secular imagery by Baroque artists such as Philippe de Champagne and David Teniers. The collection also has important holdings of sculpture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles. Academic and avant-garde painting of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are represented by artists such as Natoire, Perronneau, Bouguereau, Delacroix, and Monet.


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TRUCKEE, Calif. - A Truckee man's medical condition has been upgraded to stable after he was shot nine days ago by a Washoe County Sheriff's Office deputy, officials confirmed Monday.
Michael Nelson Heil, 27, of Truckee, was shot at about 3:48 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the area of the Gold Ranch Casino, located at 350 Gold Ranch Road in Verdi, according to the Reno Police Department.
A preliminary investigation revealed an on-duty deputy "was involved in the shooting during the stop of a male subject," according to a press release issued Nov. 10 by Reno Police, and Heil was critically injured. The deputy was not harmed.
Heil is now in stable condition and is recovering at a "local hospital," police confirmed in a Monday afternoon statement in which Heil's name was released.
The deputy - whose name is not being released - has been placed on routine paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the ongoing investigation, according to the Nov. 10 release.
"This is a routine and normal occurrence in any case where an officer/deputy has discharged a firearm and one or more bullets strike a human being," the release reads.
Pursuant to Washoe County protocol, the investigation will be conducted by multiple law enforcement agencies, with Reno Police Department taking the lead. When the preliminary investigation is complete, it will be submitted to the Washoe County District Attorney's Office for an initial determination as to whether the shooting was justified under Nevada law.
"If the shooting initially appears justified, the deputy can be returned to duty, pending the completion of the ... investigation and a final determination as to justification," the release reads.
The press release does not include details of "the stop of a male subject" that led to the shooting, nor further explanation as to why the officer's name is being withheld or why it took nine days for Heil's name to be released. No further information will be released by Reno Police until completion of the preliminary review.
Verdi is located about 15 minutes east of Truckee, off Interstate 80 en route to Reno.


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Cairn Bay Lodge
Cairn Bay Lodge has been sitting watching the sun rise and gazing over beautiful Ballyholme Bay, the Irish Sea and beyond for the last 100 years. It is now an award winning guesthouse and home to the Mullen family who have been welcoming guests from around the world for the last fifteen years.
Ideally situated on the Mourne Coastal Route, a perfect base to
explore Belfast, the Ards Penninsula and the stunning North Coast.
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The Modern Tea Collection puts a modern and stylish twist on the traditional tea set by pairing a contemporary Tall Ceramic Teapot with Japanese Sencha Tea Cups. You can't say "they don't make'em like they used to" with this teaware as the artsian crafted quality speaks for itself with clean lines and quality materials. Complete this chic collection with an assortment of unique teas including Citron Green, Organic African Nectar and Vanilla Bean loose teas .
Create this tea experience that includes:
Tall Ceramic Teapot: Tall 32-oz handmade ceramic teapot with infuser available in black, yellow and green
Sencha Tea Cups: 2 glazed white ceramic tea cups that hold 5 oz. each. Made in Japan.
Citron Green: Melodic blend of Japanese sencha green tea with lively citrus flavors
Organic African Nectar: African rooibos leaves teem with luscious tropical notes
Vanilla Bean: Madagascar vanilla beans blend with premium black tea
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This was for Lifestyle Illustration. The assignment was to create a spread depicting a tourist destination. We had to use multiple images illustrating landmarks, attractions, and cuisine, and dress the tourists in designer clothing from Style.com. It was a real challenge and a lot of work, but I'm quite pleased with the result!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
A Broship comic short!
Click here to read a 3-page comic that I made about the Broship of the Ring's adventures in Moria Bar & Grill.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Badass Scooby Gang
My love of Scooby-Doo hasn't really diminished since I was a kid. I figured I couldn't be alone in this, so I decided to update the Scooby Gang to appeal to now-grown-up fans such as myself.
I latched onto Daphne and Velma specifically. Velma has always been my favorite, but I think Daphne always seems to get the short end of the stick, personality-wise. In recent years she's been portrayed as being one of the more physically adept of the group, however, so I decided to run with that and make her a tough-as-nails hitman/bodyguard for the group, and specifically Velma.
Velma's awesome, but has certainly never displayed much physical prowess. Hence, the Brains and the Muscle, with Daphne having to cover for Velma while she carries out her harebrained hacking schemes.
I'll get to the men eventually, but I like what's going on with these two right now.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
What the Maid Found the Morning After the McNally's Dinner Party Turned Violent
This is for a Maps assignment in Junior Illustration. Sometimes an art student just has to draw some blood and guts.
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Lifestyle Illustration
Kali Ciesemier is another of my uber-talented and inspiring teachers here at MICA this semester. For our first Lifestyle Assignment, we were told to choose unusual jobs and illustrate that job to look fashionable and attractive using designer clothes.
"Gumologist," or a gum taste tester
Tanning butler, who is employed by resorts to rub sunscreen on guests
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Sunday, October 2, 2011
Digital Illustration
This semester I'm super excited to have a class taught by none other than the fantastic Sam Bosma, especially since I'm such a fan of his art! Our assignment was pretty open-ended: make three pieces illustrating a hierarchy (sort of in the manner of Jack-Queen-King playing cards). I chose pirate bullfighters because of course I did.
Jack: Banderillero
Queen: Picador
King: Matador
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- Part 1: Lobbyists are increasingly taking control of lawmaking.
- Part 2: Term limits have encouraged lawmakers' dependence on sponsors.
- Update, Dec. 2010: Outside interests reign during dismal session.
- Plus searchable database of sponsored legislation; graphics; follow-up reports.
By most measures, California's Legislature performed dismally this past session. It passed a budget a record 100 days late, and grossly underestimated the fiscal crisis -- a situation so severe that lawmakers returned to the Capitol earlier this month for a special session to grapple with a $6.1 billion deficit.
But the dire situation did not inhibit legislators from carrying bills crafted by outside interests who showered them with campaign contributions, a continuing Mercury News investigation of the California legislative process shows. While larger problems festered, lawmakers in the two-year session just ended pushed lobbyist-driven "sponsored bills" -- bills that are not simply backed by interest groups but often actually written by them -- at the same furious pace of the previous session.
Sponsored bills accounted for almost 40 percent of all legislation introduced and 50 percent of bills that became law. And in the recession-stained session of 2009 and 2010, these bills took on a particular character: In the name of creating jobs, lawmakers embraced special-interest legislation that would upend environmental protections, block lawsuits, allow corporations to reduce fees and accountability, and increase consumer costs.
"We've created a government that doesn't focus on the big, pressing needs of Californians and instead focuses on the narrow needs of private interests," said Derek Cressman, regional director of the political watchdog group Common Cause. Responding to the Mercury News investigation, which began in July with publication of an analysis of all bills in the 2007-08 session, he said: "The problem is so entrenched that even in-depth exposés and record-low public approval ratings haven't created different behavior."
The paper's investigation -- the first-ever detailed analysis of sponsored bills -- now encompasses two full sessions and more than 9,000 pieces of legislation, establishing a pattern, not merely a single-session aberration. It shows that outside interests dominate Sacramento to an extent almost unimaginable outside the state's capital, but well-accepted within it:
In the Senate, two senators, Democrat Ron Calderon of Montebello and Gloria Negrete McLeod of Montclair, introduced 10 private-interest bills last session, and three other senators introduced seven or more. Of those five, four -- Calderon, Leland Yee, of San Francisco, Lou Correa of Santa Ana and McLeod -- were among the leaders in the 2007-08 session as well. Those numbers could be understated: Sponsors are identified in the individual analysis of bills by legislative committee staff, and some committees are more diligent than others in those identifications.
As was true in the earlier session, money from sponsors flowed to legislators who introduced their bills. The legislators who introduced the most private-interest-sponsored legislation -- Assembly members who introduced 10 or more bills, senators who introduced seven or more -- received, on average, more than $20,000 from private interest-sponsors whose bills they carried.
At the other extreme, just two members in the 120-seat Legislature did not introduce a single sponsored bill in the session: Republican Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, of Orange County, and Mike Gatto, a Burbank Democrat. Gatto joined the Assembly after a special election in June, missing the regular deadline for introducing bills. DeVore, on the other hand, was too busy campaigning for a U.S. Senate seat. Whereas the average Assembly member introduced 32 bills in the session, DeVore introduced only three -- an acknowledgement, he said, of the demands of 360 campaign events that made it impossible for him to be present for hearings that the authors of bills are expected to attend.
But DeVore also said his limited-government philosophy has made him increasingly resistant to carrying bills on behalf of sponsors. "I grew more wary in my last couple of years in the Legislature about these sponsored bills, asking myself: Why do we have a full-time Legislature if the members aren't actually crafting their own legislation?" he said.
Sponsorship has become so common that when the bills carry no sponsor, committee members notice. In previous years, prior to his unsuccessful U.S. Senate quest, DeVore introduced 35 or more bills each session -- most with no sponsor attached. When he would bring his bills to colleagues in committee hearings, unaccompanied by a lobbyist, he recalled in a recent interview: "It was almost like, 'What the heck are you doing here?' "
California's shadow Legislature
The Mercury News articles on sponsored bills in July generated an outpouring of response. Many in the Capitol agreed, as the series found, that lobbyists have gained tremendous power at the expense of legislators. Lobbyists now hold vastly more experience, job security and expertise than elected leaders who arrive in the Capitol facing the ticking term-limit clock, which requires them to produce results quickly while maintaining constant fundraising efforts for the looming election cycle.
Democratic Assemblyman Mike Feuer, of West Hollywood, and Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, of Concord, are pushing changes to cut the number of bills each legislator can introduce from the current 40 to 30 or fewer, a move they said would permit greater scrutiny of bills. But this month, legislators delayed such a change pending further talks.
The Mercury News analysis raises doubts about whether merely cutting the number of bills affects sponsored bills the way legislative reformers hope. In 2009-10, the number of bills introduced dropped from 4,865 to 4,294. But the percentage of sponsored bills remained almost the same, dropping from 39 percent to 37 percent, and sponsored bills continued to win passage at a far higher rate than bills that are not designated as sponsored.
Although most current and former legislators acknowledge the influence of lobbyists, many insist that any abuses involved other members, not themselves.
"I'm the captain of my ship," said Charles Calderon, one of the Assembly members who for four years has been among the most regular authors of private-interest-sponsored bills. While other legislators may let outside lobbyists write speeches for them, or even take over the questions at legislative hearings, Calderon, a Democrat from the City of Industry, said that was not his practice: "Once I take on a bill, it's my bill."
Some Sacramento veterans contend that the public is protected from undue influence by checks within the system. After all, while lobbyists may write initial versions of bills, proposed legislation goes to the Office of Legislative Counsel to be formally "drafted." And sponsors are barred from talking to Legislative Counsel staff, absent a waiver from the legislator introducing the bill.
But those protections turned out not to be the safeguard that critics envision.
Waivers are freely granted, and legislative counsel staff tell of many instances in which lobbyists, with legislators' approval, negotiated language directly, leaving legislators and their staff out of the give-and-take.
Some lobbyists draft legislation for their clients so precisely that the Legislative Counsel's office finds little reason to change the proposed bills.
"I've been lobbying for 30 years and virtually all the bills I draft -- they go to Legislative Counsel and they come out virtually exactly the way we sent them in," said lobbyist Carl Brakensiek.
One example was a bill that would have created a NASCAR-themed license plate. The bill would have permitted a portion of the revenue from the sales of the plates to go to a charity of NASCAR's choice -- or even to NASCAR drivers whose names would appear on the plates -- rather than into a state fund, as existing law provides. Brakensiek provided the newspaper a draft of what he turned over to legislative staff, which mirrored the amended version of the bill as carried by Emmerson. The bill ultimately failed.
As would be expected from such a process, legislators sometimes find themselves surprised by provisions in bills that carry their names.
Assembly Speaker John Pérez, D-Los Angeles, introduced a bill on behalf of the Enterprise car rental agency this term that would have raised fees for damage waivers. Pérez's spokesman, John Vigna, said the legislation was only a placeholder. But whatever his intention, when Pérez examined the legislation, he realized that "the bill didn't satisfy his concerns for consumer protection," Vigna said. Pérez struck four of the five provisions of his own bill before dropping it altogether.
Public interest or private?
While many sponsored bills pass the Legislature, the Enterprise bill was one of many that did not -- and that probably never had a chance of passing. Even these failed bills are a problem because their large numbers distract time and attention from the public good.
A huge number of bills fall into that camp. In the 2009-10 session, the Mercury News review found, 180 sponsored bills never passed out of either house -- and 73 died after only one hearing.
Many of these bills are a "waste of time and a drain," said Angie Wei, the lobbyist for the California Labor Federation, which successfully fought off proposals to reduce overtime guarantees and loosen worker protections.
Consider a bill sponsored by the debt-settlement industry to let companies charge hefty advance fees to near-bankrupt clients, regardless of whether their efforts to settle debts succeed. It prompted a warning from legislative staff that it opened the door to greatly increased fees on consumers. The bill died, but only after extensive wrangling from March 2009 to June 2010, with eight committee hearings and dozens of meetings of interested parties, some lasting up to six hours.
Gail Hillebrand of the Consumers Union, a leading opponent of the bill, said the measure cost her about 200 hours over six months.
Similar efforts went into a bill sponsored by Smart Plate, a San Francisco startup, seeking to develop digital electronic ads that would appear on license plates when cars stopped. It was killed after legislative staff and state law enforcement worried that it would allow suspects to flee crime scenes undetected. Five committee hearings were held over five months on the bill. And California Highway Patrol Capt. Avery Brown said representatives of his agency met with Smart Plate staff every other week for more than a year to discuss the bill.
Among the session's more contentious bills was one sponsored by mobile-home park owners that would have permitted them to double the fees they charge to new mobile home owners in rent-controlled parks. That bill died after legislative staff and advocates for the poor and the elderly sounded alarms.
Legislative staffers said this bill required an enormous investment of time, with extensive research, reams of correspondence and numerous meetings with the lobbyists for the bill's named sponsor, the park owners group. Charles Calderon introduced the bill and received more than $12,000 from the association of park owners as well as individual members. Calderon in an interview called a "misnomer" the designation that the park owners sponsored the bill, and said the bill had been his own creation. A committee staff member said the practice is to provide a form that legislators' staff complete, identifying any sponsors.
Clearly, the sponsors stand to benefit if bills they seek become legislation.
But who benefits when bills fail?
For one, lobbyists, who are paid for masterminding and working the bills. Wei, the labor lobbyist, said too many companies are simply "paying lobbyists to fail." Those payments support a big business: In Sacramento, there are 1,225 registered lobbyists and 120 legislators -- a ratio of 10 lobbyists for every legislator.
The legislators, who win friends and campaign contributions even if bills do not succeed, also benefit. The Mercury News review found repeated donations to legislators from sponsors of unsuccessful bills; in the cases of Fuentes, Ron Calderon and Democratic Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi of Hayward, each of them listed more than $10,000 in contributions from sponsors of failed legislation in the most recent session.
Governor signs sponsored bills often
The governor's signature on special-interest legislation is not uncommon; the Mercury News examination found that Schwarzenegger signed sponsored bills that got to his desk in about the same proportion as all other bills.
More than half of the sponsored bills that were introduced the most recent session became law, compared with 21 percent of nonsponsored bills, the review found. But that discrepancy reflected the Legislature's preference for sponsored bills -- 69 percent of all sponsored bills made their way to Schwarzenegger's desk in the 2009-10 session, but only 30 percent of all bills without sponsors.
Once the governor considered them, he signed 73 percent of sponsored bills and 72 percent of nonsponsored bills, the newspaper found.
Schwarzenegger's veto messages, which explain why he rejects particular bills, showed he is willing at times to stand up to outside interests. When the Legislature early in this session passed a bill that would have eliminated the public health department's authority over laboratories -- some private, some public -- that conduct forensic alcohol tests, the veto message called the measure an inappropriate move to take "regulatory oversight from a state department to a private entity."
Aaron McLear, the governor's spokesman, said Schwarzenegger "weighs each bill on its merits and acts accordingly," reviewing the legislation at times in multiple briefings. McLear would not say whether the governor's decisions are influenced by who sponsors a bill, but noted: "He knows who supports it and who opposed it."
Neither the governor nor his spokesman would speak more directly on the Mercury News findings regarding sponsored bills. "How the Legislature behaves is up to them," McLear said.
Ease regulations, save jobs
While many outside observers say sponsored bills drained time that the legislators should have spent grappling with California's economic crisis in 2009-10, inside the Capitol the message was sharply different. Clever lobbyists pitched their sponsored bills as job creators; as a result, legislation to ease regulations, or to offer special benefits to businesses, seemed to have significantly more leverage.
One example: The timber industry won passage of two long-sought bills to ease environmental regulations it contended were onerous and could cost jobs.
The regulations in question required the industry to report on the environmental impact of its deforestation of private lands every three years. Those reports are the only basis that state agencies have to document environmental hazards that could lead to logging operations shutting down. Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Norwalk, carried both bills sponsored by the California Forestry Association, which stretched the time between such reports to seven years.
"Making it more costly to do business in the forest puts pressure on jobs," said Bob Mion, spokesman for the association. By easing the regulation, he said, the bill saved rural jobs at a time of high unemployment.
Mendoza, whose campaigns received more than $8,000 in donations from the association and its members between 2007 and 2009, said in an interview that he would "not have carried any legislation that would have been harmful to the environment." Mendoza said he became convinced of the merits of the bill after the industry arranged for tours that left him confident that loggers were "doing the right thing by the ecosystem."
Legislative analysts said there were concerns that even under existing law the industry was not properly protecting streams, habitats and endangered species. The timber industry lobbyists "ran us over," said Sierra Club lobbyist Michael Endicott. "This has been on the timber industry wish list for years -- and they were using the economy as an argument," he said.
The laws passed both chambers, were signed by the governor, and took effect in September over the objections of legislators including Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco. In an interview, Ammiano said an industry lobbyist offered him a stay in a woodsy inn if he would reconsider his opposition. It was, he added, "a little aggressive, even for Sacramento."


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For eight long days, the jurors who would eventually deliver a guilty verdict in the murder trial of Dale Bruner played by the rules.
They avoided media reports about the case.
They didn't talk to anyone, even each other, about the emotional testimony they were hearing in court.
And they kept their minds open.
But in the jury deliberation room, their reasonable doubts couldn't survive the "mountain" of evidence stacked up against the former Silverthorne photographer accused of killing his wife in 2010.
"When it came to deliberation, I think all of us as jurors went into it wanting to give Dale the benefit of the doubt," said Kevin Shafer, who was one of the 12.
"It came to the point where we were grasping at straws, thinking how can there be reasonable doubt, and there was nothing at all," juror Brent Love said. "I was trying to throw out hypotheticals, but it's like we're getting to the point of aliens from space. This is not reasonable at all."
The jury of 10 men and two women deliberated for only a few hours before convicting Bruner of tampering with evidence, first-degree assault and second-degree murder in the killing of his wife, Stephanie Roller Bruner.
Bruner reported his wife missing in November, 2010, saying she'd gone out for a walk in a snowstorm the night before and never came home. Her body was found three days later in the Blue River.
Three of the 12 jurors who convicted him sat down with the Summit Daily last week to speak publicly for the first time about the trial that drew state and national media attention.
The jurors said they were aware of the weight of their decision from Day 1 of the trial.
Bruner, who is set for sentencing in September, now faces decades in prison.
But juror Angela Hart said she also tried to see the case through the eyes of the victim, a feat that was easier as prosecutors brought her final days to life by taking the jury to the place where Roller Bruner's body was found and playing a recording of her voice saying her husband had threatened to kill her.
"I felt like she was right there with us," Hart said. "I felt like we were giving her a voice, finally."
The jury delivered their guilty verdicts, convicting Bruner of six total counts July 27. Afterward, several jurors, Hart included, met Roller Bruner's family members in the parking lot of the courthouse, just as a thunderstorm that had raged all afternoon ended.
"It was a great feeling to hear from them," Hart said. "I recall her sister came up to me and gave me a big hug. Every one of them thanked me and all of us and said, 'now we can finally rest knowing justice was served.'"
By the time the attorneys finished their closing arguments and the jurors were sent into the deliberation room with evidence and strict instructions, Shafer said he was beyond a reasonable doubt.
But there were a few jurors, one in particular, who were less certain.
Though the defense presented Roller Bruner's lover and his wife as potential suspects, most of the holdouts in the deliberation room thought she might have been killed in a random act of violence.
The jurors said they put their doubts out there for the group to consider, and one by one each doubt proved not to be reasonable.
In the end it came down to domestic violence, a pattern of abuse laid out by an expert witness, Amy Jackson with Advocates for Victims of Assault.
"I am 100 percent convinced that he murdered his wife," Shafer said. "When I look at him as a person, I don't see him as a murderer. I see him as a guy who has an anger problem. His entire life has got the best of him, and it finally culminated in murder."
Love said before the expert's testimony he wasn't aware of the cycles of violence.
Jurors said of the more than 30 people who testified, the prosecution's first witness - the Bruners' 10-year-old daughter - and last witness, an expert on domestic violence, were the most compelling.
The daughter, who testified via closed-circuit video, told the court she heard her parents arguing the night her mother disappeared.
The expert explained to the court the cycles and patterns of domestic violence, which was a cornerstone of the prosecution's case.
The jury was particularly vocal, asking nearly 70 questions of various witnesses over the course of the trial by jotting them down and passing them to the judge for approval.
Behind closed doors, they tried to keep the mood light while staying in the safe zone of topics they were legally allowed to talk about. Over the two weeks of the trail, jurors say they built up a rapport.
"We really clicked," Love said. "By the time we got to deliberations you could kind of count on everyone being respectful."
"If I found myself in the defendant's chair in a courtroom, I would want this jury to hear the facts," Shafer said.


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Scottsdale Auction Includes Ferrari with $7 Million Estimate (Slideshow)
Collector-car auction house Gooding & Co. said it will offer a range of rare cars at its Scottsdale auction Jan. 18 and 19, including a 1958 Ferrari 250GT LWB California Spider expected to fetch up to $7 million.
Other rare models in the sale range from race cars like a 1959 Porsche RSK to an exotic 1958 Ferrari 250 GT Coupe Speciale and American road cars like Edsel Ford's personal 1930 Ford Model A Sport Phaeton.
"We always look forward to January because Scottsdale automotive auction week is a dynamic and significant marketplace for our business as well as the collector car industry as a whole," said David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Company. The week of automotive events in Scottsdale includes a number of auctions that often set the tone for the year in classic-car business.


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Belgium, 2012, 118 Minute Running Time
Genre/Subjects: Biographical, Comedy, Drama, Medical/Health, Social Issues
Program: Contemporary World CinemaLanguage: Dutch English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Nic Balthazar
Producer: Peter BouckaertEditor: Philippe RavoetScreenwriter: Nic BalthazarCinematographer: Danny ElsenPrincipal Cast: Koen De Graeve, Geert Van Rampelberg, Lotte Pinoy, Michel van Dousselaere, Viviane de Muynck
An unusually deft combination of the humorous and the deeply moving, Time of My Life looks at the issue of euthanasia in the lives of a group of friends in their 30s, when one of them becomes cripplingly ill.
Based on the true story of Belgian politician Mario Verstraete, the film follows his vigorous campaign to legalize medical intervention to end the lives of people whose suffering has become unbearable. The law would let those with diseases or other serious medical conditions decide for themselves when to end their own lives, allowing them to do so in a humane way, surrounded by loved ones, and with the support of health-care professionals.
Mario's campaign to permit "death with dignity" takes on new meaning when he is diagnosed with a particularly aggressive form of multiple sclerosis. The story is told through the eyes of his doctor friend, Thomas, who wrestles with the very idea of using his skills to do harm, which as a physician he has sworn not to do. He also has promised Mario's parents to help him recover. But as it becomes clear that's no longer possible, Thomas's will and his rigid beliefs are worn down. He comes to see the joy that his friend takes in the exuberant love of his son, and his savoring of a tentative rapprochement with an old lover. Finally, family and friends gather to say their goodbyes in a profoundly touching scene where death only heightens the beauty of life.
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OAKLAND -- Yoenis Cespedes suddenly broke out in a big way Wednesday night, but just as quickly went down with a thumb injury that could prevent him from sustaining it.
Homerless over 25 games and 102 at-bats dating back to June 19, Cespedes slammed home runs in back-to-back at-bats and drove in five runs as the A's held on to beat the Houston Astros 9-7 after getting leads of 7-0 and 9-2.
Cespedes hit a three-run shot to center field in the second inning and a two-run bomb to left in the fourth as Oakland pummeled Brad Peacock (3-7), their one-time farmhand, for seven runs over the first 32/3 innings. Cespedes also hit one to the left field wall for an out in his first inning at-bat.
But in his fourth plate appearance against Astros reliever Jake Buchanan in the fifth, Cespedes spun around in the batter's box trying to avoid an inside pitch. The ball hit off his bat to second base, and the left fielder landed awkwardly on his right hand.
Cespedes flexed his hand and thumb several times, but he took his place in the field for the top of the sixth. However, he was replaced by Craig Gentry to start the seventh inning.
"Sprained thumb, X-rays negative," manager Bob Melvin said. "We'll see (how serious it is)."
Cespedes dressed quickly and left the clubhouse, declining to speak to the media. Cespedes' usual interpreter, Ariel Prieto, said it's likely he didn't want to speak because he doesn't like talking about injuries.
Adding to the news on Cespedes, beleaguered Jim Johnson was called on to give Oakland's key late-inning relievers a break with a 9-2 lead in the eighth. Melvin wanted Johnson to pitch the last two innings after being the only reliever not to pitch in Tuesday's 12-inning 3-2 loss.
But Johnson's nightmare continued. He allowed hits to the first four batters he faced -- on just 11 pitches -- and all four runners scored, as did a fifth against Johnson's replacement Dan Otero, who also gave up two hits.
Suddenly, Houston trailed 9-7 with runners at first and third with only one out in the eighth. But Luke Gregerson restored order, striking out L.J. Hoes and retiring Jose Altuve on a grounder to short, and Sean Doolittle mowed down the Astros in the ninth for his 15th save. It preserved a win for Jesse Chavez (8-6), who worked the first 52/3 innings.
It was not an ending Melvin was hoping for, however. Melvin once again had to answer questions about Johnson's struggles.
"It is what it is. He's having a tough time," Melvin said of Johnson (6.92 ERA). "The ones he gets over the middle of the plate get hit hard, and when he gets 0-2, he gives up a bloop. He threw some pretty good changeups. He's just not getting any outs at this point."
Cespedes going deep for his 15th and 16th homers of the season was a welcome sight for the A's, who for over a month have only seen their left fielder go deep against his designated pitcher, third base coach Mike Gallego, in winning the All-Star Home Run Derby for the second straight year.
Moreover, besides what he did at Target Field in Minneapolis, Cespedes had been having a rough July before this big breakout -- 9 for 62 (.145) and just a single run driven in. But he's been having better at-bats of late, Melvin said.
"He's been real diligent in batting practice, staying up the middle and going the other way," he said. "He's aware when he may try to do a little bit too much to the pull side instead of using the whole field."
John Jaso had three hits and a sacrifice fly and drove in two runs, while Jed Lowrie hit his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot in the second, to give Chavez more early offensive support.
Chavez, who hadn't pitched since July 12, seemed to benefit from the extended layoff. He didn't allow a hit until Matt Dominguez's one-out single to left in the top of the fifth, and his pitches had considerable life -- he struck out seven in his 52/3 innings, including hard-to-fan All-Star Altuve twice.
"I feel like it was a good first step for the second half," Chavez said. "I think my pitches were a little bit crisper. I felt fine, felt great."
A's first baseman Brandon Moss injured his left arm making a swipe tag on Altuve in the eighth inning, but after being checked out by a trainer, he remained in the game, and afterward said he felt fine.
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Writer J. Michael Straczynski took to the stage at WonderCon with DC Co-Publisher Dan DiDio to talk about Straczynski 's work, his comics and his life, from "Babylon 5" to "Before Watchmen" and beyond.
Writer Peter Milligan speaks to CBR about the newest human "Red Lantern" in the DC Comics series and why family is on Constantine's brain in "Hellblazer."
Artist Gary Frank spoke with CBR News about his and Geoff Johns "The Curse Of Shazam" backup story in "Justice League," as well as his "Earth One" and "Smallville" work.
Comic book legend Marv Wolfman spoke with CBR News about revisiting "Night Force" as a miniseries and how his 12-issue '80s series paved the way for darker contemporary comics.
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The 49ers declared wide receiver Anquan Boldin priority No. 1 in terms of re-signing prospective free agents. They are close to getting Boldin back in the fold for 2014 and checking off that box.
An ESPN report Sunday morning said that the 49ers are "closing in" on a deal with Boldin that will keep Boldin from hitting the free-agent market.
Boldin, 33, led the 49ers in receptions and yards last season, with 85 and 1,179, respectively. He also scored seven touchdowns in his first season with the 49ers.
"There's angst, and there's work to be done," 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh said in Indianapolis on Thursday. "... The direction it's going is very positive because we're unanimous. It's not just me who wants Anquan Boldin back. We feel there's a process.
"It could be days, weeks, but there's a process, and it's going in a positive direction from the standpoint of the San Francisco 49ers. ... We're all in lockstep with how we feel about him."
The 49ers have until March 8 to negotiate exclusively with Boldin, as well as any of their prospective free agents. Unrestricted free agents are free to sign with any team March 11.
It now appears as if the 49ers won't have to worry about competing against other teams for Boldin's services, or finding another receiver to replace their most productive offensive player from last season.
Boldin joined the 49ers in a trade from the Baltimore Ravens before the 2013 season. The trade took on added significance when incumbent No. 1 receiver Michael Crabtree tore an Achilles during an offseason workout and missed 11 games.


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Woman used Facebook to harass herself, cops say
Published: Monday, May 6, 2013 at 6:55 a.m.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman is accused of creating a Facebook account to stalk herself.
Cheryl Nelson, a 52-year-old from the Grand Rapids area, complained to sheriff's deputies that she was the victim of stalking, harassment and other crimes. But authorities learned that she set up a Facebook account with her ex-boyfriend's information and made it appear that his new girlfriend was using it to harass her.
Detective Jason Russo of the sheriff's department says Nelson couldn't let go of her relationship with her former boyfriend.
MLive.com (http://bit.ly/ZwcGvY) reports that Nelson is charged with falsely reporting a felony. She could not be reached for comment Saturday. There is no listing for a home number.
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Woot, we have recorded 20 episodes! It has been a lot of fun and we are just getting started!! This episode (download here), we recorded the episode LIVE over ustream (In case you were unable to view the live show, here is a link to the video recording).
This episode, the discussion centered around post long-run recovery. What are some good ways that you can recover from a long training run?
In preparation for the show, we each took an ice-bath (in separate tubs, of course) and recorded the audio. Jason's audio was played during the show and it was hilarious! Anyway, with the help of the chat room, we came up with the following as good recovery methods:
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Libraries to close for Mardi Gras
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Because of Mardi Gras festivities, all Terrebonne Parish libraries will close at 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday as well as on Monday and Tuesday.
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Tuesday, 03/17/1992
Lisner Auditorium, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Set 1: Buried Alive > Possum[1], Cavern, Sparkle, It's Ice, IDKI Didn't Know, DividedDivided Sky, GuelahGuelah Papyrus, Rift, Bouncin'Bouncing Around the Room > AntelopeRun Like an Antelope[2]
Set 2: Runaway Jim > Glide, SlothThe Sloth, Poor Heart > Tweezer, Esther > Mike'sMike's Song > HydrogenI Am Hydrogen > WeekapaugWeekapaug Groove, Cold as Ice > Love You[3] > Cold as Ice, Llama
Encore: Memories[4], Sweet Adeline[4]
[1] Oom Pa Pa and Simpsons signals.
[2] Random Note and Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signals.
[3] Fish on Bag-Vac.
[4] Without microphones.
Noteworthy Jams: It's Ice (highly recommended)
Average Song Gap: 2.31
Performers: Trey Anastasio, Page McConnell, Jon Fishman, Mike Gordon
Notes: Possum contained Oom Pa Pa and Simpsons signals, while Antelope contained Random Note and Will the Circle Be Unbroken? signals and three Get Back teases from Page. Fish teased Poor Heart after Glide. Love You featured Fish on the Bag-Vac. Memories and Sweet Adeline were performed without microphones. Everything was the opening act.
Song Distribution:
6 A Picture of Nectar
3 Rift
2 Lawn Boy
2 Junta
2 The Man Who Stepped into Yesterday
2 The White Tape
1 Stash
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This show was part of the "1992 Spring Tour."
He's got a point, tho; Sky is kinda sloppy during the parts of the ending crescendo-jam we've all come to know n' love. Trey misses more than 1 or 2 notes, and the key or his tone is...off.
The Mike's lacks in the inspiration dept, too, altho I give Trey credit for trying something entirely different in his approach to the jam.
Regardless, the Weekapaug is short but diseased...a definite must-hear.


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I am asking this question because I have entered my Prs for some of these events into a running calculator that tells you how it compares to in another race(i.e what time it is equivalent to) and some are much better comparatively speaking. It makes me wonder "what kind of runner I am" and also how other runners' performances change with different races.
It really depends how old you are. When I was in high school, my fast 5 k was 17:20; and my fastest 2 mile was 11:20, But now that I have been out of high school for many years, I am , way, way slower than that.
It also depends on gender too, although I have know some female runners that could smoke me away as well as other runners......
That's interesting, because your minute mile pace for your two mile is slower than your best 5k! What is confusing to me is how I beat people I race against in the mile by over 10 to 15 seconds and they whoop me in the 2 mile!
I used to beat people all the time in the two mile. Here is how I did it...I never ever started the race with a sprint, never. If i did that I would be oxygen debt very quickly and that would be the end of me. Instead, I would go out slower, and after the first 1/2 or so, then i would speed up.....and what would happen is that i would catch and pass many runners who would "poop out" after the first mile.....
I did the same thing when I ran cross country 5K races.....
That may be how others beat you..but really you have to find what works best for you. May be you are different than me and can start at race with a full sprint and just continue pass until the end?
The other thing you caught on to, is that I was a much better cross country runner that I ever was in track.... I found the track experience really quite boring. around and around i went on the track..eight times for two mile....
I loved cross country, actually winning outright several races when I was the top JV runner. and was varsity my junior and senior years, where my team was runner up for State of Michigan championships...All that and I did not start running cross country until my sophomore year in high school...
Enough about me...I am glad you are trying to figure out how to be more successful. With that attitude and a willingness to learn, you can not help but improve and reach your goals......
Thank you for the kind and helpful words. I usually take that strategy in cross country races and by doing so end up running close to even splits. I also agree with the fact that track is so much more boring!
I don't know on the first, I try not to keep track; My fastest 5K in a 5K race was 33 min. I'm not all that fast, I don't have a long stride, and I am missing both ACLs, along with a few other muscles in the knees. I run for me, not for anyone else. I haven't come in last, and that's how I want to keep it
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2014: Rural Route 13.1 (Esbon, KS)
Wabash Trace half marathon (IA)
Hartford CT (October)
Newport RI (next day)
Tufts 10K (MA)
Santa Fund Run (NH)
2013: Running with the Cows (Lenexa KS)
Wabash Trace half marathon
Detroit Free Press Marathon (AWESOME event!, not an awesome finish time).
2012 Rock n Roll USA Marathon 5:28:53 unseasonably hot day, full sunshine, sunburned and dehydrated during race
Omaha Maraton 5:17: __ yeah, new PR! Too bad the brain got in the way and slowed me down! ---recycled glass finisher medals.
April Fools 5K 32:13.7 age division: 28/71
7th half: Kansas City Hospital Hill 1/2--this thing is tough, but the heat/humidity were tougher: 2:45:43
8th half: Park 2 Park 1/2-New PR 2:21 and change
St. Louis FULL Marathon (my first!!!) Hilly, hilly, course full of turns 5:24
Sullivan Bros. Veterans' 5K 30:10 New 5K PR
4th half (5/1/10) --ran injured, DUMB move.
Sullivan Bros. Veteran's 5K/10K (11/2010) 1:07:17.7
6th half: Vegas half (12/2010) New PR! woot woot. 02:27:58
St. Patricks 8K (Wash. D.C.) (3/2009)
1st half 3:04 (5/2009)
10K 1:17 (10/31/09) HOT, humid, Kaua'i
3rd half: Vegas 1/2 (2:34:48) (12/2009)
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400 - 1:02
800 - 2:38
1600 - 5:37
3200 - 12:47
4 Mile - 28:11
I'm a 15 year old male, all of those times are within the past 4 months.
Mile was 5:00, 800 was 2:04, 2m - 12:00 and 5k is 20:20 (not very well considering the rest are decent) I'm mostly a middle of the pack runner.
Mile: 4:41.23
800: 1:58.
2 mile: 10:03.12
Its been a while since ive ran those kinds of races. A lot of the races I race now are 10k or longer.
well I just finished my first year of highschool... and i got my fastest mile at 5:30, 2:25 800, 11:50 2 mile, and my 5k was in the high 19s.... strange because when i did sprinting in middle school track (and one meet in highschool) i got medals, but i could never get close to medals with long distance yet (except 2 xc meets)... i guess i just have to invest time in the longer distances
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'American Idol': Season 13, Episode 2
Back in Austin tonight for the second night of auditions on "American Idol." Sweetness, image and good looks at times prevailed, especially for one singer, Spencer Lloyd, who Harry said was an "okay singer" with a cool name and a great "image."
But later Harry intimated that it was about the voice when a shirtless wannabe comedian with a disastrous sound stepped up. Harry stopped him and said he "disrespected the process."
The editing of the show was overwhelming. The producers peppered a lot of auditions in with quick clips. "Change Is Going to Come" was Marlon Lindsey's song. His Idol plans were delayed while he served in the army, so the words, "long time coming" rung true. He got a "wow" from JLo, but then it was never revealed or confusing perhaps, if he got a golden ticket to Hollywood. And that happened a lot. They drew out some of the reveals and fates throughout the show, which was weird.
There were some highlights: Texan Jesse Roach, who was singing in her garage when a neighbor popped in and said she was taking Jesse to audition for Idol. The judges loved her sound and edge and we'll see her in Hollywood.
Jamiah Malik and his close friend Quiandra Boston-Pearsall both auditioned and had two completely different styles. With their weird editing, the producers kept it secret for a commercial break as to who advanced. But we eventually learned Quiandra did and her good friend did not.
Then the show made its way to San Francisco where Rachel Rolleri sang "Stay" and mesmerized the judges with her performance. She's one to watch in Hollywood.
Caitlin Johnson's voice was unexpected. She demonstrated dissension at the judges' table because Harry cut her of and said "no." But the trend seemed to be a quick no from Harry that got trumped by JLo and Keith. And that was the case here.
David Luning sang an original and before he was even finished JLo said, "I love it." Keith liked his "staunch originality." Harry was worried about the down nature of the song. JLo said he was interesting enough for her to see again. He got a gold ticket.
Last year, Briana Oakley auditioned, but didn't make it. Keith liked her hair then and remembered her this year. She sang "Stay" and her perseverance paid off. JLo said, "It reminded me of Jordan Sparks a little bit." Harry and Keith were impressed and a golden ticket was awarded.
Barefoot sound healer Adam Roth talked about chakra and peace, and he relaxed Harry so much he fake fell asleep on the floor. But when Adam sang, the jokes ended. "It was a strange performance," said Keith. He called it "schizophrenic." Harry said "no," but again JLo and Keith gave the contestant a ticket to go on, ignoring Harry's vote.
They showed a few more comedic "don'ts" tonight than last night, which gave us a bit of a laugh watching the judges try to hold in their laughter.
How do you feel about this year's talent so far? Leave your comments below. Follow Stephanie Krikorian on Twitter @StephieKrik.