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Issue No.05 - September/October (2004 vol.24)
pp: 66-75
Alison Lee , IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Andreas Girgensohn , FX Palo Alto Laboratory
Jun Zhang , University of Michigan
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2004.24
Information sharing, computation, and social interaction are the main features of the Web that enable online communities to abound and flourish. However, the development of cues and browsing mechanisms for these social spaces is lacking. Active contributors to social spaces (that is, Web communities) lack the means to present a public face to visitors. Social browsers that combine social visualization and tools can enable newcomers and visitors to view and explore information and patterns. This article presents two social browsers for two Web communities. CHIplace's People browser provides an abstract graphical view of the CHIplace community based on the self-described work roles of its membership. Portkey's eTree browser uses a life-like tree ecosystem metaphor to reflect the people, activities, and discussions occurring on the Portkey Web site.
Alison Lee, Andreas Girgensohn, Jun Zhang, "Browsers to Support Awareness and Social Interaction", IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol.24, no. 5, pp. 66-75, September/October 2004, doi:10.1109/MCG.2004.24

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Social Comparison and Body Dissatisfaction
Dissatisfaction with one's body is a widespread problem, particularly among American females. Body dissatisfaction contributes to a plethora of psychological disturbances including lowered self esteem, feelings of worthlessness and depressed mood, and may lead to problematic eating behaviors and disorders. Research has implicated a variety of biological and sociocultural contributors to an individual's development of body dissatisfaction, with one of the most important being the extent and type of one's social comparisons. The present study explores the relationship between self-reported religious preference, body image preoccupation, and contour drawing ratings in a sample of college females. The specific dynamics of female social interaction within the LDS religion may foster a competitive environment centered on home, marriage, and family. The subjects were divided into LDS/non-LDS distinctions based on sample demographics. It was hypothesized that the LDS females would self-report differential levels of body dissatisfaction compared to non-LDS females.
Parental Age and Adolescent Deviancy:
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Body Image Disturbance and Emotional Expressiveness:
Body image disturbance among college females is a pervasive concern to mental health professionals. Research suggests that such disturbance is a major precursor to both clinical and subclinical eating disorders. Studies have implicated various biological and sociocultural factors that may influence the development of body image disturbance and eating pathology; however, replication of such findings has proven difficult. A concurrent line of research has shown high rates of emotional expression to be related to positive aspects of psychological functioning. The present study explores the relationship between the self-reported emotional expressiveness, body image preoccupation, and contour drawing ratings in a sample of college females. It was hypothesized that an individual's ability to express their emotions may function as a protective factor against body image disturbance, and females with higher rates of emotional expression would show lower levels of preoccupation with their physical appearance than individuals who expressed their emotions less frequently.
Multicultural Relations in Higher Education:
As the percentage of minorities enrolled in education increases, it is vital to consider how the racial background of students and teachers impacts students' capacity to communicate with their instructors. The present study examined whether students' ratings of professors' verbal immediacy differed based on both the race of the student, and that of the professor. Two-hundred-seventy-eight college students (from White/Caucasian, Black/African-American, and Hispanic/Latino backgrounds) were surveyed about their perceptions of the verbal immediacy of a fictitious professor of a race either congruent or incongruent with their own. Results indicated that students viewed professors of an incongruent race to be less verbally immediate. This difference approached significance at trend level, and was strongest for the Black/African-American group. These findings underscore the impact of racial relations and perceptions on interactions in educational settings, regardless of subject content and pedagogical style.
Gender and Personality Biases as Shown in Rape Case Verdicts
The goal of the study was to investigate gender and personality biases within jury deliberation processes as well as verdict outcomes in rape cases. It was hypothesized that males would be less supportive of a conviction when the victim was a female rape victim, while women jurors would be more supportive of a conviction. Also hypothesized was the idea that participants would be more likely to find the defendant guilty if they were typed as an extraverted personality according to Kiersy Temperament Scale. The Desirability of Control and Brief Levenson Locus of Control scales were also used to determine participants internalized levels of control. There were 83 participants, ranging from ages 19 to 56 selected from a small, predominately white, Liberal Arts College.
Attention Span and Media Presentation Theory: Can Ocular Frame Snap in a Media Presentation Change the Outcome of Attention Span?
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Race Relations in the Classroom: Students Perceptions as Affected by Race
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It dd sting a bit but wasnt really painful. its quite sore now, when im cleaning it .
Bella - This was my 5th, and im planning my next one
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Love it! I am completely addicted to tattoos! (there's a bump pic in gen preg which shows this lol!) I have been trying to think for ages of something for my daughter and have finally settled on what I feel is perfect now that I will have two daughters. I am going to have two old fashioned hot air balloons, one on the back on each ankle/calf one with the name Isabelle and the other with this babies name on it.
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I had my first (probably only!) tattoo done on Monday. Not good with pain but it was alright actually - it's on my hand below my left thumb which could be a sensitive spot anyway! So far I just worry I might smudge it when cleaning
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next 2 iv got designed its a circle of stars alternating black and just an outline with Nan in the middle, which im torn between back of my neck and ankle.
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Andrew Luck was on target during his first full-speed workout, drawing praise even from the usually reserved Tony Dungy.
The Indianapolis Colts' new franchise quarterback completed 27 of 32 attempts Sunday, and made it look easy, too.
"I think that's what impressed me the most, to see the decision-making and the lack of any indecisiveness," said Dungy, the former Colts coach who was invited to visit camp by team owner Jim Irsay. "He looked like a third- or fourth-year guy in this first practice. ... To see it here, and knowing that he's had a condensed offseason program too because of the school's set up there, it was very impressive."
Nobody expected Luck to be perfect on Day 1. He wasn't.
The former Stanford star, drafted first overall, threw two interceptions, one off a tipped ball. He also overthrew a wide-open Donnie Avery, who got behind two defenders and was sprinting down the sideline.
Given the circumstances, it was still a solid debut. Luck looked relaxed and precise throughout the two-plus-hour workout and showed no sign of being behind after missing so many minicamp workouts. NFL rules do not permit rookies to practice at the team complex, except for a three-day rookie minicamp, until the school's semester ends. It kept Luck away from Indy until early June.
But Luck performed as if he hadn't missed a thing. At times, he zinged balls over the outstretched fingertips of defenders and drew loud roars from a crowd estimated to be roughly 3,000. At other times, he simply read the coverage and connected with open receivers. In all, only three balls during seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 drills hit the ground, and the offense looked sharp.
The positive reviews were a stark contrast from Saturday night when veterans instructed the No. 1 overall draft pick to stand up and sign a song, a rookie tradition in Indy.
Luck chose the John Denver hit "Country Roads" because he said it was the only song he knew the words to. Teammates weren't so sure he knew anything about music after hearing the rendition, which by all accounts was booed mercilessly. Punter Pat McAfee, who played at West Virginia where Luck's father, Oliver, is the athletic director, even tried to help.
That didn't work, either.
"I met with him this morning, and he does not want to continue to play football," coach Norv Turner said Sunday.
Boller, 31, was a first-round pick of Baltimore in the 2003 draft.
He played the past two seasons with the Raiders. In two games last year he completed 15 of 28 passes for 161 yards and three interceptions.
Edelman tries to learn what to expect by studying his team's blocking schemes and the opponent's coverage plans. Still, he can't plan for everything.
"There's always going to be a (defensive) guy there. It's like NASCAR. You see smoke, you put the pedal to the metal and you find a lane and go," said Edelman, who also played wide receiver and defensive back last season.
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ANNISTON -- Archibald Cooper, 88, died at 6:45 a.m. Jan. 11, 2007, at his home.
Born Jan. 2, 1919, at Henson, son of the late George W. and Birdie E. Bass Cooper, he lived his entire life in Mississippi County where he was a retired farmer and a member of the Anniston Christian Church.
On Feb. 6, 1941, at Benton, he married Arnebell Fleming who preceded him in death on Sept. 10, 2004.
Also preceding him in death were four brothers, Joe Cooper, Herbert Cooper, Lindell Cooper and Harrison Cooper.
Survivors include: one grandson and his wife, David Gene and Tammy Achter of East Prairie; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Herschel and Fran Cooper of South Hampton, N.J., and Richard and Betty Cooper of Cady, Texas; two sisters and one brother-in-law, Elenora and Paul Vied of San Antonio and Maudest Peebles of East Prairie; and two great-grandchildren.
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BYU basketball report card: The future is now as Bartley and Mika lead the Cougars past the Aggies (6 items)
BYU took over the last 10 minutes of the game to pull away from the Utah State Aggies Saturday night at EnergySolutions Arena. With 10 minutes remaining, the Cougars led by just one at 59-58. From there, they outscored the Aggies 26-16 to pull away with an 85-74 win.
Perhaps the biggest thing BYU did to reverse its fortunes against a tough Utah State squad was to stay out of foul trouble, committing only nine fouls. Prior to this game, the Cougs were doing well to commit only nine fouls in a half, let alone the entire game. The Aggies shot just six free throws compared to 27 for the Cougars.
BYU also boosted its assists tally, dishing out 18 compared to seven in its loss to Wichita State. The Cougars helped their cause further by committing only seven turnovers while forcing the Aggies into 16. Fouls and turnovers were the difference in the game.
Freshmen standouts Eric Mika and Frank Bartley IV both came up big in a game BYU had to have. Mika pulled down nine rebounds, five of them offensive, which was a big improvement over the single rebound he got against Wichita State. Tyler Haws continued to knock down free throws, and Kyle Collinsworth had a good all-around game to lead BYU.
Here are the grades for each BYU position group and other aspects of the game.
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1 of 6. BYU GUARDS
Kyle Collinsworth had the best overall stat line of the game for BYU, finishing with 13 rebounds, eight assists, two steals, two blocks, seven points and just one turnover. He did make only 1-of-4 free throws, however, and that is becoming a trend and a story line to watch for Cougar fans. He needs to find a way to improve in that area if BYU wants to compete for a conference championship this season.
Tyler Haws and Matt Carlino were about average in the game, combining to shoot 13-of-30 with just six rebounds and five assists. Scarcely used reserve guard Skyler Halford provided an excellent spark off the bench for BYU in his most impressive performance to date as a Cougar.
Grade: B
2 of 6. BYU BIG MEN
Nate Austin also stayed out of foul trouble. He wasn't a huge factor in the game but did help the team more than he hurt it. No other big men played for the Cougars, as they played small most of the game.
Grade: A-
3 of 6. BYU COACHING
Also credit the coaches for helping the team bounce back with 18 assists to only seven turnovers. The half-court offense was more fluid and intuitive.
Finally, credit the coaching staff for BYU's defensive turnaround in the second half. The defense looked as soft as ever in the first half, giving up 59 percent shooting to Utah State. In the second half, however, the Aggies made just 12-of-34 shots. The Cougs still have a lot of work to do on defense, but they did look better in the second half and they found a way to force turnovers without fouling. For a fast-break team like BYU, that is a big deal.
Grade: B+
4 of 6. UTAH STATE OVERALL
Aggie fans will no doubt point to the free-throw discrepancy in this game. It is not too often a team shoots more than four times as many free throws as the other team. Utah State played well except for that one stretch when it fell apart as BYU went on a run to steal away the game. No Aggie players will walk away from this game tonight feeling like they wouldn't have a great shot at beating the Cougars if they were to play again.
Grade: C+
5 of 6. OFFICIATING
Some calls could have gone either way, as is always the case, but the officials didn't cost the Aggies the game. Their sloppy play for that stretch in the second half did.
Grade: B-
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I love the idea of sportswriters grading basketball coaches.
Did they teach basketball in English class?
Best game of the season for the Cougs. I knew Mika and Collinsworth would have
an impact, but I had no idea they would have this much impact. Carlino is
better than last year, and Haws will compete for player of the year in the WCC.
This team is much better than last year's team.
And Bartley is a bonus. I thought he would be just another good Freshman coming in, but he has made quite an impact in 8 short games, and has a bright future. At only 6'3", he can actually play the 4 spot, even though he's more natural at the 2 or 3.


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ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan would be glad to return an award given to him by a Jewish-American association a decade ago, a letter released by his office showed yesterday, and it called on the US group to condemn the Israeli government's policies.
The New York-based American Jewish Congress said in a letter to Erdogan last week that he had become the world's "most virulent anti-Israeli leader" and it demanded that he return an award it had given him partly for his efforts to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
"Prime Minister Erdogan will be glad to return the award given back in 2004," Turkey's ambassador to Washington Serdar Kilic said in the letter addressed to American Jewish Congress President Jack Rosen.
Erdogan's office released a copy of the letter to the media, describing it as Turkey's official response.
"The absence of this award will not prevent Prime Minister Erdogan from resolutely fighting against terrorism, working towards the peaceful solution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and upholding the safety and well-being of the Jewish community in Turkey," the letter continued.
Rosen's open letter to Erdogan had cited the Turkish leader's recent comments that Israel had "surpassed Hitler in barbarism" through its attacks on Gaza.
Anti-Israeli sentiment runs high in Turkey, and Erdogan's rhetoric plays well with his base of largely conservative Sunni Muslim voters, who he hopes will hand him victory in Turkey's first direct election of a president next month. There is widespread anger in Turkey at Israel's offensive in Gaza.


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I took a programming class on Java a couple of semesters ago, and decided to expand my computer programming skills by learning to create games. I purchased Killer Game Programming in Java and created this tetris clone after reading the first few chapters. The reason I am posting this to the forum is to receive feedback on my implementation. The basic game loop is pretty much taken verbatim from the book.
The way I decided to implement this was to create a 2d screen array. Each entry in the array corresponds to a block on the screen (with 0 being white or empty). I then created a class for each individual piece. The pieces are represented by four coordinates, corresponding to the relative locations of the four boxes (for example a line piece was (-2,0) (-1,0) (0,0) (1,0) ) , and a coordinate that corresponds to the position of the (0,0) box in the array. The pieces are then drawn relative to this (0,0) position.
My goals for this game were to create the game without looking at specific online tetris tutorials (to force myself to learn to think like a game programmer) and use good object oriented as well as game programming style.
My biggest annoyance with the way I implemented the game were that I couldn't figure out a clever transformation on the pieces to rotate them, I instead ended up hard coding all the different rotation states.
I was hoping that some of you with game development experience could comment on whether the way I implemented this game is a logical way to do it (it works, but for all I know there could be a way simpler way to do this) and to take a brief look at my code and suggest ways I could have better used object oriented style and game programming techniques.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any feedback that is offered!
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I haven't looked at it yet, but up front, the only thing matters is that you made that game. And you made it on your own. You are already ahead of the most newbies, because that's the way to learn problem solving.
Your next game will be much better coded.
Congratulations, programmer!
Your next game will be much better coded.
Congratulations, programmer!


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BURLINGTON, Vt. – Feb. 28, 2012 – Ducks Unlimited is assessing projects for landowners in Vermont to connect them with funding to help restore wetlands. DU was awarded a $77,000 grant from the State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Environmental Conservation Ecosystem Restoration Program to continue its work promoting, developing and implementing wetlands restoration projects in the Lake Champlain Basin portion of Vermont.
The Lake Champlain Basin has been identified as a North American Waterfowl Management Plan Focus Area by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. The basin is also a priority area for DU because of its significant value for waterfowl. The area provides breeding and, even more importantly, staging and migration habitat for tens of thousands of waterfowl, including American black ducks, mallards, wood ducks, green-winged teal, greater and lesser scaup, common goldeneyes, ring-necked ducks and common mergansers.
"Vermont has an enormous number of wetlands restoration opportunities, but it's hard to know whether your property qualifies for assistance, and if so, for what," said April Moulaert, who represents DU on this project. "If we didn't engage in project development to connect landowners to programs, they might miss those opportunities, and Vermont would have to return the unused grant monies."
This grant allows DU to continue working under a unique partnership that was established in 2009 between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, DU, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and the State of Vermont. These groups have joined forces to deliver the Wetlands Reserve Program (WRP) administered by NRCS and funded through the 2008 Farm Bill. In 2011, Vermont received more than $1 million in federal funds for this program, and a similar level of funding is expected for 2012. In the 2007 State of Vermont Lake Champlain Basin Wetland Restoration Plan, more than 86,480 acres of wetlands restoration opportunities were identified in the basin.
Landowners are encouraged to contact April Moulaert at (802) 864-2989 if they are interested in learning more about protecting wetlands on their property.
Ducks Unlimited is the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to conserving North America's continually disappearing waterfowl habitats. Established in 1937, DU is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, with special events, projects and promotions across the continent. Ducks Unlimited has conserved more than 12 million acres thanks to contributions from more than a million supporters across the continent. Guided by science and dedicated to program efficiency, DU works toward the vision of wetlands sufficient to fill the skies with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever.
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A visit to Windsor Castle is wonderful for both adults and kids alike. One of The Queen's favourite homes, Windsor Castle is the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the world. Begun in 1066, it has evolved into a beautiful fortress over the centuries.
The Castle Precincts
The grounds of the castle are beautiful with waterfalls, gardens and ancient trees. You can take a tour of the "precincts" with one of the Yeoman Warders and hear the history and secrets of this magical place. Plots, intrigues and love-struck prisoners all figure in the tales they have to tell.
The Castle Itself
It's hard not to be blown away by the lush red-carpeted stairs, beautiful woodcarving and high ceilings of the castle's entryway but the best really is yet to come. Windsor Castle is grand in the truest sense of the word with massive rooms, high ornate ceilings, priceless artworks and gorgeous crystal chandeliers. Having said all that some of the rooms are surprisingly cozy as well. One of my favourite rooms is the small dressing room that Charles 2 preferred to sleep in instead of his bedroom because it was warmer – and perhaps also because of the secret door carved into the wall that allowed him to slip downstairs to the rooms where his mistresses slept!
There was a serious fire at Windsor Castle in November 1992 however all has now been beautifully restored. St George's Hall has been rebuilt in oak and looks much as it must have done when it was first constructed in the 1360's. Looked over by a massive statue of the King's Champion at the far end, the ceiling is decorated with the crests of every Knight of the Garter, the oldest order of chivalry in the world. State Banquets are often held here, the table set for up to 160 guests!
Queen Mary's Doll House
I love Queen Mary's Doll House! It was built in the 1920's and is a perfect replica of an aristocratic home in miniature. It really is magical, with miniature furniture and paintings by the leading artists of the day, a library full of doll sized books and a garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll. This incredible structure even boasts electricity, hot and cold running water, working elevators and flushing toilets!
St George's Chapel
One of my favourite Royal chapels, this welcoming church is still an active center for worship with daily services open to all. It really is a beautiful church, with gorgeous carvings, altars and stained glass windows. Henry VIII is buried here as are many of the monarchs of the last several hundred years. The Queen's parents and her sister are also laid to rest in a small, peaceful chapel at St George's.
Tour To the Great Kitchen
For a limited time you can go behind the scenes in Windsor Castle's Great Kitchen, in constant use for nearly 750 years. Hear the fascinating stories of meals served to many of history's great leaders and of the lavish State Banquets still prepared here today.
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[Editors note: This is the first post in a series by Ravi Sawhney on the future of manufacturing.] Like many of you, I've been following the broad discussion and trends surrounding the "making" of things in the U.S. for some time and was glad to contribute recently to the conversation about branding U.S. innovation and America's broadening definition of domestic creation. While some readers offered some encouragement and consensus on the state of manufacturing, some misunderstood my argument as advocating for abandoning focus on a national priority. (Perhaps the provocative title was a bit misleading.) I meant, rather, that our branding opportunities have expanded. Healthy domestic manufacturing and investment in innovation remain a critical priority for both our public and private sectors. Recently, things have been relatively healthy on the "Made in America" front; however, that news is too often overshadowed. This time around, I'll address more positive manufacturing news that people should know about, as the first in a multipart series on the topic "Made in America." Later, I'll explore competitive dynamics and suggest recommendations for policy leaders and the design community. [figure=inline-large][caption][/caption][/figure]
The Good NewsManufacturing employment has been growing steadily in the United States for nearly two years. That's critical, because from 1998 to 2010, manufacturing has made the largest private-sector, value-added contribution to Real GDP. Manufacturing is an engine of our economy, and every new high-quality manufacturing job has a multiplier effect on job creation. The latest Institute for Supply Manufacturing report reveals 27 consecutive months of modest domestic expansion. And manufacturing employment added 35,000 jobs per month in the first four months of this year, 14,000 in the following four months, and another 36,000 in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Forbes reported that it is the first year-over-year increase since 1998 and that last year, "American manufacturers added value of $1.7 trillion to the U.S. economy, up 6.6% over the previous year after accounting for inflation. By the same measure, the rest of the economy grew by 2.2%." The U.S. still commands about 20% of global manufacturing (the numbers vary slightly depending on whether you rely on data provided by the World Bank or the United Nations, and whether you use a nominal or value-added method to measure real output regardless of price and exchange variability.) According to the UN Industrial Development Organization's 2010 International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, the U.S. continues to lead the world in manufacturing, with 19% of the worldwide value-added manufacturing output.
pull wrote:Americans make great products, lots of them. Strong examples of U.S. manufacturing are all around us, from our kitchens (Viking) to our offices (Herman Miller) and means of transportation (Tesla, GM, Ford, and Harley Davidson). Boeing unveiled the future of aviation last month with the 787 Dreamliner and just announced their largest orders ever. The company employs 164,000 people (mostly in the U.S.) and is our largest exporter by value. Other great American brands, like Intel and Caterpillar, maintain domestic manufacturing bases despite their global orientation; three-quarters of Intel's manufacturing capacity remains in the U.S., even though three-quarters of its revenue is generated abroad. Meanwhile, many companies, such as Ford and Continental AG are coming back, "repatriating" or "in-sourcing" their manufacturing for a host of reasons, including counterfeiting problems. At the same time, foreign corporations, like transplants Volkswagen and Samsung, are building manufacturing facilities in America. In Forbes's August issue, Jon Bruner shared a number of interesting long-term graphs on manufacturing, adding, "You might not know it from public commentary, but the United States manufactures more than any other country (including China), and U.S. factories are within reach of their all-time greatest output—a record they set in 2000 and came close to reaching again in 2007." [figure=inline-large][caption][/caption][/figure] The American people greatly value domestic manufacturing and want to support its growth. Three recent Gallup polls on job-creation recommendations revealed that the number one bipartisan answer is focusing on retaining U.S. manufacturing jobs and combating outsourcing. The disagreements arise over how best to support the effort. (I'll explore some solutions in a future post.) "Made in America" is of such general interest that ABC World News Tonight created a series on the topic last spring and built a searchable online directory of U.S. manufacturing facilities. The TV network also developed this helpful resource guide on finding ways to purchase American-made goods. Similarly, Roger Simmermaker's How Americans Can Buy American contains more than 16,000 products/services made in the United States, and the author has an accompanying e-guide to more than 2,500 goods sold at popular retailers. The resurgent feeling of American manufacturing also continues to grow, perhaps best captured in last year's "Imported from Detroit" Super Bowl commercial, which has since become a full-blown national ad campaign.
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Charleston, WV (AP) -- Gov. Joe Manchin is heading back into the southern West Virginia coalfields to assess the damage caused by flooding this past weekend.
Heavy rainfall late Friday and early Saturday turned streams into raging waterways that swept into homes, knocked out power and ripped out small bridges.
No injuries have been reported, but officials say flooding destroyed at least 300 buildings in Mingo County and damaged about 100 in Wyoming County.
Roads in Mercer, McDowell and Raleigh Counties also were damaged.
Several roads remained impassable Monday morning.
Manchin toured the area Sunday after calling up another 300 national guards troops to help with the clean up effort.
The Governor planned to return the region Monday.
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CHARLESTON- The state's unemployment rate rose in July, according to a report from WorkForce West Virginia.
West Virginia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose four-tenths of a percentage point to 7.4 percent in July, according to the Labor Market Information by West Virginia County Report for July 2012.
''The number of unemployed state residents climbed 2,400 to 58,900,'' the report said. ''Total unemployment was down 5,100 over the year.
''The national unemployment rate inched upward one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.3 percent.''
The unemployment rate was the same statewide this time last year.
Unemployment rates climbed in 20 counties while 32 counties reported falling unemployment rates in July.
Three counties, Jackson, Mineral and Ohio, reported no change in their unemployment rates.
Counties with unemployment rates over 11 percent were Wirt (11.1), Grant (11.1), Webster (11.3), Boone (11.8) and Mason (12.2). Counties with unemployment rates less than six percent were Preston (5.9), Lewis (5.7), Monroe (5.6), Putnam (5.4), Jefferson (4.8) and Monongalia (4.7).
Wood County had an unemployment rate of 7.4 in July compared to 7.2 in June and 8.5 in July 2011.
Officials from more rural counties have said although their unemployment rates may be considered high, the actual number of jobs lost represents a smaller number of jobs compared to more industrialized counties with a wider economic base.
In West Virginia, total nonfarm payroll employment declined 500, with a loss of 800 in the service-providing sector offsetting a gain of 300 in the goods-producing sector in July, the report said.
Within the goods-producing sector, a gain of 900 in construction offset declines of 400 in manufacturing and 200 in mining and logging. Within the service-providing sector, employment gains included 700 in educational and health services and 100 in financial activities.
Employment declines included 700 in trade, transportation and utilities, 300 in government, 200 in other services, and 100 in leisure and hospitality. Employment in professional and business services was unchanged over the month.
Since July 2011, total nonfarm payroll employment in the state has added 500 jobs, where a gain of 3,100 in the service-providing sector offset a decline of 2,600 in the goods-producing sector. Employment gains included 4,000 in educational and health services, 2,800 in construction, 1,800 in leisure and hospitality, 1,200 in professional and business services, and 300 in financial activities.
Employment declines included 3,000 in mining and logging, 2,700 in trade, transportation and utilities, 2,400 in manufacturing, 900 in government, and 400 in other services.


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By Vanessa Lynch, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii Public AffairsFebruary 15, 2011
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - Before enjoying the free Lt. Dan Band concert, 7 p.m., Feb. 12, Martinez Physical Fitness Center, here, enjoy the "Rock 'N Wellness" Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Expo, 3-6 p.m., Tropics Recreation Center, here.
The expo will provide information to the community on all of the programs for Soldiers and families through the lens of CSF.
The event will feature interactive booths and giveaways, and educate the community about the CSF mission.
Activities include a running form analysis, pull-ups and jump rope contests, an Army recruiting table rock wall and a kiddie bounce house. Free body composition and blood pressure health assessments will also be available.
Rock 'N Wellness is the first CSF post-wide event. Although the community has held a number of expos and health and wellness fairs in the past, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii is no stranger to multidimensional wellness methodologies and service delivery models.
"This is an opportunity for Soldiers and families to learn about new initiatives going on in their communities, to
understand what the community and the Army is doing to enhance the individual and family health and well being our military, and most of all, to have fun," said Regina Peirce, Army Community Service.
During the preshow expo, participants can learn about CSF and find how it applies specifically to their individual or family situation.
"CSF is relatively new to the Army, but Army-Hawaii has been very progressive and ahead of the curve when it comes to infusing its programs with the concepts of CSF," Peirce said.
The Army is approaching a decade of sustained combat operations, resulting in an increased level of stress on Soldiers and their families. The service is responding by embracing a wellness concept that approaches resiliency from various angles and acknowledges that Soldiers and families deserve the best community approach to well-being that it can offer, in a streamlined fashion.
CSF reflects the Army's investment in force readiness and quality of life for Soldiers, family members and civilians by emphasizing the importance of physical, emotional, social, family and spiritual strength.
To learn more about Rock 'N Wellness, call Peirce at 808-655-1670 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Have You Missed Anything on Overtime
Today on Overtime Matt, Joe, and Trey were joined by Chris Doering who is with ESPN Radio 1230 AM in Gainesville, Florida, and is Co-Host of The Sports Fix. He gave us some insight into this weekends Arkansas - Florida game in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.
Monday the guys were joined by Mike "Jocko" Jacques of KHBS 40/29 who attended Bret Bielema's Monday afternoon press conference where he looked back on the Texas A&M game and looked to the game with the Gators this weekend.
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Lindenwood University students are joining together to help senior Sean Murry and his family in the fight against a rare blood disorder called Diamond-Blackfan Anemia, which can only be cured with the help of a matching bone marrow donor. The Lindenwood Student Government Association will host a donor drive from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 14, at the school's St. Charles campus at 209 South Kingshighway, St. Charles, Mo., 63301.
This is the second year the University has organized a drive for Murry, whose three brothers also suffer from the disease. The goal is to find a life-saving match for him, his brothers, or others like them in need of bone marrow transplants.
"Last year we registered 568 people at Lindenwood, which was the largest drive the Murry family had seen," said David Mathias, LSGA President. "There was no match for Sean, but 11 people have been contacted as possible matches for others on the national waiting list. That's eleven lives that may be saved because of those efforts."
Pre-registration is not required for the drive, which will take place in the Spellmann Campus Center. Participants may arrive anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. and will complete a small amount of paperwork before being tested, which consists of swabbing the inside of the cheek. Samples will be added to the national bone marrow registry and donors will be contacted if matches are found.
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Barons blanked in San Antonio
Oklahoma City outshoots San Antonio 27-24 but falls by a score of 2-0
Sunday, 11.4.2012 / 7:00 PM MT / Cenovus Game Story
By Marc Ciampa - edmontonoilers.com
The San Antonio Rampage scored two power play goals -- one in the second period and one in the third period to defeat the Oklahoma City Barons by a score of 2-0 on Sunday.
The top line today was Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jordan Eberle. The other three lines for OKC were Hartikainen-Arcobello-Paajarvi, Byers-VandeVelde-Hamilton and Tyrvainen-House-Abney.
Martin Marincin took a holding penalty nearly four minutes into the game, putting the Barons down a man early in the opening frame.
The Barons were able to kill off the penalty and then received a man advantage of their own at the 8:32 mark. As Justin Schultz entered the Rampage zone, Greg Rallo hacked him down and received two for slashing as a result.
OKC's top power play unit consisted of Eberle and Schultz on the point with Hall and Nugent-Hopkins down low plus Dane Byers in front of the net.
Paajarvi nearly opened the scoring with time winding down in the penalty. A wraparound attempt just missed the mark.
Shots on goal after one period were 10-8 for the Barons.
Schultz nearly opened the scoring near the midway point of the second period. He took a feed from Nugent-Hopkins and drove towards the net. However, his backhand attempt just missed the mark.
Colten Teubert was sent off for two minutes near the 11-minute mark of the middle frame to give the Rampage another power play.
This time, the Rampage didn't miss the opportunity. Alex Petrovic pinched in and grabbed a pass before firing it glove side to make it 1-0 San Antonio.
Shots on goal after two periods were 19 to 15 for the Barons.
On a Barons power play early in the final frame, Rampage goaltender Dov Grumet-Morris made a great save off Eberle as OKC tried to get the equalizer.
Oklahoma City got yet another power play, testing San Antonio's top-five PK just before the midway point of the period. To shake things up, they put Hartikainen on the top unit replaying Byers. Eberle was still on the point. However, that unit couldn't get it done and neither could the second unit with Marincin and Fedun on the point with Arcobello, Paajarvi and VandeVelde up front.
A late third-period penalty to Marincin resulted in the Rampage getting an insurance marker. Andre Deveaux deflected it in front for the marker to make it a 2-0 game.


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Yet Do I Marvel
by Countee Cullen
Lines 1-4 Summary
Get out the microscope, because we're going through this poem line-by-line.
Lines 1-2
I doubt not God is good, well-meaning, kind,
And did He stoop to quibble could tell why
- Why start small, right? The speaker begins by saying that he believes God is good, so we guess we'll be reading a poem about God, or the existence of good in the world, or something related to that. Seems like a big topic, but right off the bat the speaker's saying, "Yeah, I'm going there… and I'm going big."
- The speaker likes to arrange his words in a unique way as well. He could have just said, "I know God is good." So, what's with all the "doubt not" stuff, buddy? One reason may be because the lines are in iambic pentameter (see "Form and Meter"), so Cullen may have adjusted the syntax to keep the meter regular.
- Something else we've noticed: our speaker likes to use words that use the same sounds. Check out how the D in "doubt" is echoed in the D of "God," "good," and "kind." He's linking sound with meaning here.
- How's that? The speaker says God is good and kind, and those words all sound alike, or, they share that D sound, right? (Check out our "Sound Check" section for more of the good stuff.) That, ladies and gentlemen, is called consonance. Don't forget to listen for more examples of this throughout the poem.
- The second line has "He," as in, God. That's who the speaker is saying could "tell why." At this point, though, we don't know what God could tell, just that he could "quibble" if he wanted to.
- The speaker has used the words "doubt" and "quibble." We guess he's interested in talking about arguing, or possibly even making an argument himself.
Lines 3-4
The little buried mole continues blind,
Why flesh that mirror Him must some day die,
- The speaker uses these two lines to list a few example of things God could explain if He wanted to, but won't. Cheeky! From the speaker's point of view, God knows the answers to these paradoxes but He's not spilling the beans.
- First paradox: it may seem like the mole has gotten a bad lot in life. It's blind, burrowing underground, alone all the time. On the other hand, moles don't really need to see anything because they're in the pitch dark all the time, so blind or not, it doesn't matter, right?
- Second paradox: "flesh that mirror Him" is a strange way of saying human beings made in the likeness of God. This is also an example of metonymy (using "flesh" in place of "human"). And if God made us in His likeness, why do we have to die? On the other hand, according to the Christian tradition that this speaker is referencing, we die physically but are given new life spiritually.
- It's starting to feel a little unclear if these are examples of God's goodness or examples from life that contradict God's goodness. And that confusion may be part of what the speaker is saying God could explain. It's sort of like the speaker is saying, "Hey, I don't know! I'm new here! But God, if He wanted to, could put us all in the know."
- In other words, the speaker says God is good but then gives us examples of how God could seem cruel, and he wants to know, what's up with that?
- We also noticed a new formal device. A formal rhyme scheme has been introduced to go along with the regular meter (check out "Form and Meter" for more about the effects of rhyme in this poem). Lines 1 and 3 rhyme (kind/blind) and lines 2 and 4 rhyme (why/die), so the rhyme scheme goes something like ABAB, and this pattern will continue in the next quatrain. Our speaker is pulling out all the old school poetry moves.


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Dr. Fishell came highly recommended by the neurosurgeon I had seen for my pain-causing problem. It was easy to see why, as he was professional, polite, and remarkably efficient. He took the time to explain everything that was going to be done, and everything happened exactly as he said it would. His staff is competent and accommodating. After two procedures, my problem was largely solved. Thank you, Dr. Fishell.
Unfeeling and cruel are the only words I can describe this Doctor. I am in pain, old and sick. He refused to make an appointment for me. No reason was given. His staff were cold also. This is not the kind of doctor anyone should see.
I have met Dr. Fishell and I can not imagine why he would have office staff that never answer the phone nor do they call people back that have left messages. What if you had a procedure done and you couldn't get a hold of someone there if there was a problem? How do they stay in business? The office staff is chit chatty about personal stuff the entire time you are there but they can't pick up the phone? They rush procedures too. Scary place!
I called 4 times - noone ever answered the phone, it always went to voicemail. I left messages to try to schedule an appointment and noone would ever call me back. I finally gave up and went somewhere else
wish i could've seen dr. fishell to try one of the alternative to medication treatments he had discussed with me during first visit. never saw him after the 3 injections did not work, was tossed to pa, and visits were 2 minutes or less. very uncaring. i kept asking if pa could ask fishell if there was any type of procedure that might help, but gave up after no response. then they just decided not that they no longer wanted me as a patient anymore, left me with a huge medication dependency and no reason that they didn't want me. i have not yet found a doctor after being abandoned by fishell. i've been to 4 pain mgt. clinics who ask why fishell dumped me and since they never gave a reason, they want nothing to do with me. my stress levels and self-esteem have plummeted due to how i am being treated by pain doctors, including fishell, who was instrumental in this by dumping me and making me look bad in the first place. i was a good patient. in 6 years, i took meds as prescribed. in six years, i only ran out early once or twice. once i lost a few days worth, the other time i had a horrible flu and threw them up. i thought i was a pretty good patient considering i was there 6 years. i guess my mistake was that i wanted treatment and told them i wanted to taper the medications. i couldn't taper without some treatment or anesthetic injection and for some reason, i wasn't ever able to see dr. fishell to discuss alternatives. so.... i was thrown to the wolves. i doubt i will survive this. i have written on the intake charts that i was suicidal when the pain was bad. well, being dumped by a doctor and then judged because fishell dumped me by every other doctor i've seen is enough to make me panic. and panic makes pain worse. i don't want to die, don't get me wrong, but i can't live in a body that is a torture chamber either. i just want a doctor that i can rely on, that is responsible, that will care enough to try to find ways to help me function again, and that will not make me feel like a criminal because i want some pain relief. fishell didn't make me feel like a criminal in the beginning, but being thrown away without a reason six years down the line sure did the trick. i've never felt so horrible about myself in my life.
I found Dr. Fishell himself to be a very nice guy, helpful and caring. However it is true that, once you are an established patient in his clinic, you are turned over to one of the Physician's Assistants. I don't know why he does this...but that said, the PA's are very good at what they do. I would mentione Dale Delaney specifically, who spends as much time with me each month that I need and who is a knowledgable and friendly person. The doctor does any procedures, injections and such, the PA's provide routine assistance. I've never felt uncomfortable with this situation in the almost three years I have been going to this clinic for my chronic pain problems. Recommended.
Infection of surgical site denied. Turned critical. Perhaps this was his first experience with a serious complication and he simply panicked as any human would. However this resulted in negligence and near death of the patient who ended up on life support and was not expected to live. Although patient survived, life will never be the same.


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Definition of innermost in English:
1(Of thoughts or feelings) most private and deeply felt: innermost beliefs and convictions
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- Does it make you uncomfortable that people can read your innermost thoughts?
- Those deep, innermost feelings you have about the world being really awful are probably right.
- But when the day finally arrives when he packs away the clubs for good, he doesn't conceal what he hopes his innermost thoughts will be.
deepest, deep-seated, inward, underlying, intimate, private, personal, secret, hidden, concealed, unexpressed, unrevealed, unapparent;
true, real, honest
2Furthest in; closest to the center: the innermost layer
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- Five towers made of stylised lotuses rise from the centre, with the innermost tower rising to a height of 699 feet.
- It had several layers: the innermost being a spongy fish ball, covered first by a piece of eggplant and then by almond bits.
- The initiation of cortical cell collapse was observed 5-6 cell layers from the innermost unmodified cortical layer.
central, middle, internal, interior
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Updated: 07/06/2012 - Heading into the 6th inning, Gene Taylor's baseball club was not on the favorable end of a 7-1 score.
Updated: 06/27/2012 - Many Grand Junction residents may still be asking, who's Donnie Alexander?
Updated: 06/26/2012 - Everyone knows the big names that take up spots on the Gene Taylor's roster.
Updated: 06/25/2012 - Donnie Alexander will be taking over the vacant head coaching spot at Grand Junction High School.
Updated: 06/21/2012 - Marques Harris continues to give back to the city that he calls his hometown
Updated: 06/12/2012 - The roster for Gene Taylor's legion baseball club hosts a variety of experience levels
Updated: 06/06/2012 - Grand Junction's Casey Burns and Montrose's Zane Hemond can check another achievement off their lists.
Updated: 07/11/2012 - Many high school graduates are looking forward to college classes in just a few months, but for some, class may be a like high school. More and more Colorado students are taking remedial courses once they get to college.
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Updated: 05/20/2012 - Make some room in the Rubalcaba trophy case, Sean Rubalcaba is adding another award before he leaves for UNC.
Posted: 05/12/2012 - The road to the state playoffs for Grand Junction and Fruita Monument ended in the first round of the district tournaments
Posted: 05/09/2012 - The trip to State Playoffs for the girls soccer team at Grand Junction High was short-lived.
Updated: 05/07/2012 - The story of the Gents' rise from the bottom, though, is more than just winning games.
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Conventions | Ace Parking, which manages parking at the San Diego Convention Center and six other nearby lots, will move to a lottery system this year to assign permits for Comic-Con International (those lots are Hilton Garage, Petco Lots, Padres Parkade, Diamond View Tower, Horton Plaza and Gaslamp City Square). For a shot at one of those spaces, you have to email Ace Parking by April 12. A drawing will be held on April 15, with the winners receiving information about how to purchase permits for their assigned location. See the full details on the Ace Parking website. [SDCC Unofficial Blog]
Cosplay | Visiting New York Comic Con, Andrea Romano takes a look at the world of cosplay, the issue of sexual harassment — one person notes it's certainly not exclusive to cosplay, observing, "There's harassment when a woman is just wearing a crop top on the street" — and efforts being made to stop it. Convention organizers placed their new anti-harassment policy front and center this year, and it seems to have helped: There were just eight reported incidents of sexual harassment during the four-day event. [Mashable]
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Conventions | Salt Lake Comic Con may have achieved near-San-Diego proportions in just two years, with an estimated 120,000 attendees, but most of those seem to be locals, according to Scott Veck of Visit Salt Lake: Just 800 hotel rooms were booked through the local tourist organization, as opposed to 3,000 for the big Outdoor Retailers trade show. About 15 percent of Salt Lake Comic Con attendees were from out of state. [Fox News 13]
Creators | Mumbai, India, editorial cartoonist Kanika Mishra was infuriated when controversial religious leader Asaram Bapu said the victim of a highly publicized gang rape shared responsibility for the crime. When the news broke that Asaram was accused of raping the 16-year-old daughter of one of his followers, Mishra drew a series of cartoons about it — and then, when his supporters threatened and harassed her, she drew about that, too: "I decided not to send this message that I am afraid of these goons. I made more and more cartoons on Asaram as his followers abused and threatened me." Mishra is one of two recipients of this year's Cartoonists Rights Network International Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning. [India West]
Passings | Egyptian cartoonist Mostafa Hussein died Saturday following a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 79. Hussein had been a cartoonist for the state-owned Al Akbar newspaper since 1974, and was often accused of being sympathetic to those in power. His final cartoon, published in Al Akbar two days before he died, was inscribed "I ??don't have time to finish this cartoon, forgive me. I will miss you." [Ahram Online]
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Changes to the GoArmy Process for Military StudentsJune 21, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Beginning July 1, 2012 we will be changing from being fully integrated with GoArmy. What this means to you is that you will have to speak with your Army Education Counselor to request a degree plan change and that Oakland City University is selected as your "Home School" under the Non-LOI listing. Your degree plan will also have to be re-uploaded but I will try to take care of that for you.
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- Understanding grayscale values and channels
- Evaluating and correcting images with histograms
- Saving to different file formats
- Managing color
- Cleaning the scanner and images
- Reproducing versus assigning colors
- Recognizing contone versus dot pattern images
- Understanding bit depth
- Scanning logos and line art
- Scanning transparent film, positive or negative
- Capturing high dynamic range (HDR) scans
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One of the most common adjustments you'll make to a scanned image or for digital photographic image for that matter is sharpening, and the reason for this is the very process of capturing your image with a scanner or digital camera, process of digitizing, that is converting your images into pixels softens your image. This makes perfect sense conceptually, because you're taking a not completely infinite resolution image, like a scene or a photograph, but a very, very high fine-grained image, and you're converting it into pixels, which has definite structure at a much lower resolution than the original image.
The very process softens your image. So you'll want to sharpen nearly every one of your digital images that you capture with a scanner or digital camera, the question becomes how much and when you want to apply the sharpening? And along the way, we'll talk about some things to avoid. Here we have the same image, this is the Kodiak Tundra image, but the left hand one has no sharpening applied to it. So I've labeled this a Nosharp image. The right hand one has already had some sharpening applied to it. Let's start with the left-hand one. First, I want to show you that I have actually assigned two color sampler points here.
sampler point #1 is right on the edge of the leaf and it's a critical white highlight area near the edge of the leaf, and sampler point #2 is a critical shadow area down here where we want to maintain shadow detail. We are going to zoom in and focus visually on the edge of the leaf and the highlight point, and then we'll monitor the values of the shadow point over here. Notice, currently, the highlight point is about 228, and it's a good highlight value. it's not right at 5% white highlight, which is what we shoot for in a pure white highlight. You'll notice that our starting value along that highlight edge is 228, which is certainly plenty good value in terms of not being too light.
The shadow value is at 13. we don't want to go too far below that. A shadow value of 12 is about as low as I will ever want to go, because if we go below that, that's 95% shadow in the percentage scale, then our shadows tend to fill in. On the highlight end, we don't want to go any lighter than 242. So we're okay in terms of the image and how it's exposed right now. Let's zoom in a little bit, I am going to move this over and we are going to zoom in on the highlight edge, and we are going to bring up a common sharpening tool.
This one is called Unsharp Mask. This other good sharpening tool, that's your smart sharpen, but they all work pretty much the same way. We create focus, we enhance the focus or sharpness of an image when we apply sharpening tool by increasing the contrast, and particularly along high contrast edges. Notice here, in this Unsharp Mask tool, we are going to focus first on addressing the amount or changing the amount of sharpening and the amount is a percentage as you see here, and we have 50% sharpening. That means that the increase in contrast between two adjacent pixels is going to increase by 50%.
Let's zoom way in right on the edge here, and let's turn the Preview checkbox off and on, and you can see how the contrast between adjacent pixels is being increased when we apply sharpening in the preview. That's how we create focus. lighter pixels get lighter, darker pixels get darker. Move over to the Info panel here and see what's going on at the same time. Remember, our starting values is 228. when we apply 50% sharpening, our highlight value goes to 242. That's right at 5% white highlight, and notice the shadow stays at about 13, which means, there probably isn't a lot of difference in contrast in the shadow area, which is okay, but we certainly wouldn't want to go too much higher along this edge than 242.
Notice what happens when we increase the Sharpness amount to 100%. Visually, you can see the pixels get much higher contrast and over here numerically, we see these white highlight edge gets blown out to 255. Now granted that's just one pixel, but notice that a lot of the edge pixels are getting very, very light, and let's back off in our view just a little bit and come up one. there we go, and I am going to take this all the way up to 200% on this image, and you can see that the whole image gets very grainy.
The other thing that happens is you see these white halos that start to form along that edge? That's a very common phenomenon of oversharpening. My point is a little bitter of sharpening goes a long way and it's easy to oversharpen an image. Point that I want to make is to really get the best visual representation of what sharpening is going to do to your image, you'll always want to work ultimately at 100%. You want to take a look at that 100% view of your image and when we turn the Preview off and on, you can see at 100 %, the whole image gets a little bit grainy actually, and you do start to get that white halo along the edge.
So for this particular image, we can see that at 200%, this whole image gets very, very grainy and we get a very distinctive white halo along the edge. So 200% would be way too much for this image. Say, nothing of the fact that our edge has certainly blown out and our shadow has dropped down to a numeric value of 8. For this image, probably 50% sharpening for the amount of sharpening would be good for this image, because this was a pretty darn sharp image to begin with. Notice, when we turn the Preview off and on, you can visually see the increase in overall sharpness of the image, but you don't get a lot of graininess in your image.
These other two values that we typically adjust when we do a high-quality sharpening is Radius and Threshold. Again, I'd like to zoom in on the edge of our image to show you the impact of those. The Radius controls the width over which the sharpening is going to be applied. Watch this edge right here where my cursor is, when I go to a Radius of 2. Do you see how everything thickens up a little bit? On a Radius of 3 it gets really thick, rarely, if ever do I go above a Radius of 1 on a continuous tone image. For some line art images, I'd go higher, but not for continuous tone images.
And then a more subtle control is something called Threshold, and various sharpening tools do this in different ways. What Thresholds allows you to control is where the sharpening is going to be applied to an image. For instance, a Threshold of 0 means sharpening is going to be applied across the entire image and notice there's equal graininess across the whole image when we have a Threshold of 0. When I apply a Threshold of 3 to this image, you'll notice that the interior of these leaves get a little bit softer. The edges are still sharp and pretty much the same, but the interior has softened.
Let me just go back to 0 and watch this area right in here, and then go to a Threshold of 3. Notice the high contrast edge details are still sharpened, but the interior portions, which are a little bit lower contrast, are protected a little bit from that sharpening. This is a very important tool when you're sharpening people's faces, for instance, where you want the eyebrows and the teeth and the hair to be sharpened more than say the skin tones. Or on this particular image, if you wanted the interior of the leaf to be a little bit smoother than the edges, then you can apply a small amount of Threshold in the 1 to 3 category.
This would be a little good sharpening amount for this image. Amount of 50, a Radius of 1 and maybe a Threshold of 2 or 3 or for this image and in a lot of night landscape images I'll use a Threshold of 0, I want everything sharpened. But something in this range here would give us good quality amount of sharpening in our image. And notice, we end up with the RGB value of 245 for our highlight area and an RGB value of 11, which just falls below the 12 Threshold. And if you want to apply a little bit more sharpening than what the two highlight and shadow details will allow, you can always fine-tune your highlight and shadow details afterwards and I've done that quite a bit, and particularly if you use adjustment layers in Photoshop, it gives you that freedom without damaging your images.
So that's pretty good sharpening on that particular image, and if we take that to, again, 100% view and return that Sharpening off and on, you can see that it's enhanced the quality of that image. Let's move over to the pre-sharpened image and the point that I want to make here, I think, you probably have already figured out where I am going to go with this, but let's just go there anyway. Is this image is already sharpened, you can tell by looking at the nice sharp edges here. Look at our value 242 and 12. The point I want to make is if I come back in and I apply sharpening to this image, just the 50% we did before, notice the edge values go to 255, the shadow value is dropped way too low down to 9, and the image is getting too grainy.
You don't want to over sharpen your image, you sharpened it completely twice. This very commonly happens, because the automatic mode on most scanners and for that matter on a lot of digital cameras is set to sharpen your image. My suggestion is and particularly if you intend to edit your image in Photoshop after you scan your image, don't apply sharpening during the scan. If you go apply sharpening during the scan and afterwards in Photoshop, you are going to over sharpen your image. Another thing to consider is if you do want to work in your image, you want to edge your image in Photoshop, notice that sharpening not only increases contrast along these edges giving us better focus, but it also decreases the overall tonality of your image.
That is the amount of tones in your image decreases, because we are increasing contrast between adjacent pixels everywhere. If you want to edit your image, and you want to have all the tonal values to work with, you don't want to be editing your sharpen image. So my suggestion is finish your editing and then apply sharpening. So if you are going to go to Photoshop, wait, don't apply it during the scan. And in fact, as a general rule, I don't sharpen any of my images during the scan. I always like to have a fully color corrected, but not sharpened image that I can always go back to, if I decide to apply some editing later on.
So there's how to apply sharpening and how sharpening works and some things to worry about. One final thing that we want to talk about is there are some kinds of images that are really dangerous to apply sharpening to, and it is a kind of an image that we talked about already, and this is a JPEG image, particularly one that has had a lot of JPEG compression applied to it. I mentioned that sharpening really has its greatest impact along high contrast edges. Let's zoom in on this image and this is the JPEG compressed image we talked about a little bit earlier in the class. Well, this is how the JPEG compression amount of 4 applied to it.
When you zoom in, you see these boxes of compressed pixels that have been created. When we come in and just apply a modest amount of sharpening to this image, say, 50% of sharpening to this image, watch what happens to all those JPEG compression boxes that we see in the image. The impact of the compression is actually exacerbated by the application of sharpening. It makes it actually worse, because the edges of all those groups and pixels are high contrast edges and the sharpening tool doesn't know what they are. they are just season this high contrast edges.
If you were to apply something like 100% sharpening, oh, my gosh! that impact of the JPEG compression becomes worse and worse and worse. This is one more reason why you really don't want to save your high-quality images out as JPEG, because when you apply sharpening to them, the impact of the JPEG compression just is exacerbated.


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To understand how innate Th2-type effector cells acquire the capacity to produce Th2 cytokines, we used IL-4 reporter mice and uncovered that a subset of progenitors possess the capacity to express IL-4, IL-6 and IL-13. These progenitors mostly give rise to basophils and mast cells and retain a limited capacity to generate neutrophils. We showed that a signaling molecule STAT5 was essential in differentiation of the novel progenitors. We found that upregulation of C/EBP alpha, a transcription factor, in the novel progenitors was STAT5-dependent. Induced deletion of C/EBP alpha resulted in reexpression of mast cell-specific genes and also lead to loss of basophil-specific gene expression, indicating that C/EBP alpha is imperative in maintaining basophil-specific genetic programming, including directly transcribing the Il4 gene (Qi, JBC, 2010). We have also made significant progress in understanding molecular controls that direct the novel progenitors toward mast cell lineage.
Strikingly, we demonstrated that the novel progenitors expanded greater than 10-fold when mice were infected with the parasite schistosoma mansoni. Currently, we are focusing on mechanisms by which parasitic infection cause expansion of the novel progenitors (manuscript in preparation).
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