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Michelle Hurd, 43, gets dirty in The Glades
Michelle Hurd may spend her days slogging through the swamps, but she's not complaining.
Michelle Hurd may spend her days slogging through the swamps, but she's not complaining.
"Every day I go to work with Matt Passmore and Carlos Gomez," says the costar of The Glades about her handsome colleagues. "C'mon, that's not a bad way."
Hurd plays Colleen Manus, the head of the state police on the A&E drama, which is based in the sleepy fictional town of Palm Glade, Fl.
For those not familiar with the newish cop show: Hurd's tough-as-nails character took a chance hiring Jim Longworth (Passmore), a dashing homicide detective from Chicago who has a fishy past.
Hurd, 43, is no stranger to playing cops -- having played one in such shows as Law & Order: SVU, CSI: Miami and
The genre is no problem for the New York native: ''I'm really obsessed with true crime stories -- The Next 48 Hours, Cold Case -- anything that shows real criminals and real investigative reporters," she says, adding with a laugh, "I think I sort of
gravitate toward people with guns."
The Glades is shot all over the state and shows a less glamorous side than that other locally shot drama on the USA Network.
"This is my take. Burn Notice is just fabulous, but it has more of a Miami Vice feel -- clean and slick," says Hurd, who is married to actor Garret Dillahunt (No Country for Old Men, The Road). "We really have a Floridian feel. We show a
totally different view, not just Miami. We go into the backwoods, the swamps."
About those swamps -- Hurd has seen her share of alligators but remains unafraid.
"I don't want to go in the water with them," she says, "but I don't mind them from a distance!''
And the bugs? "They're nasty -- you've got to keep swatting. And repellent is a must."
The toughest part of the gig is not the geography or the critters, it's the time commitment.
"We have 19-hour workdays with an eight-hour turnaround," Hurd dishes. "That means you go home, sleep, shower and come back.
You're just bleary eyed, but you suck it up. It's a steady job, plus my costars are yummy."
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The Federal Reserve could signal the start of the U.S. central bank's withdrawal of its economic stimulus today(11am PST). U.S. housing starts surged to their highest level in nearly six years in November, a sign of strength in the housing market that could give the Federal Reserve ammunition to start cutting back its bond purchases. The GBP jumped against the dollar and euro on Wednesday after UK unemployment fell by more than expected, raising expectations that interest rates could rise earlier than previously forecast. The BoE said in its forward guidance in August that it would not consider raising rates until unemployment fell below 7 percent, something it expected to happen by the end of 2016. But last month it said unemployment could hit 7 percent as early as the fourth quarter of 2014. The Canadian dollar weakened against the USD on Wednesday amid investor caution ahead of a statement from the Federal Reserve later in the day.
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LAS VEGAS — Saturday night's fifth-round stoppage by WBC junior middleweight titleholder Saul "Canelo" Alvarez over Josesito Lopez drew a live gate of more than $1 million, according to Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director, Keith Kizer.
Taking place on Mexican Independence Day weekend and televised on Showtime, Alvarez-Lopez produced a gate of $1,618,150 from 12,860 tickets sold, and was contested before a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Although zero tickets went unsold, 1,659 of them were given away on a complimentary basis.
The 22-year-old Alvarez (41-0-1, 30 knockouts) scored three knockdowns against Lopez (30-5, 18 KOs), and earned $2 million to $212.500 for the loser. Alvarez was granted another $100,000 as a bonus from promoter Golden Boy for coming up with the night's best knockout.
In an earlier bout, IBF bantamweight titleholder Leo Santa Cruz (21-0-1, 11 KOs) scored a sixth-round TKO over veteran contender Eric Morel (46-4, 23 KOs), who was stopped for the first time in his career.
Also on the undercard, hard-punching Argentine Marcos Maidana (32-3, 29 KOs) scored an eighth-round technical knockout over welterweight rival Jesus Soto Karass (26-8-3, 17 KOs), whom he dropped in the seventh round.
In a mild upset, Daniel Ponce de Leon (43-4, 35 KOs) emerged victorious over WBC featherweight beltholder Jhonny Gonzalez (52-8, 45 KOs), coming away with an eighth-round unanimous technical decision victory that ended Gonzalez's 12-fight winning streak that had included 11 knockouts.
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The Raul H. Castro Institute received notice that one of the inaugural members of the Raul H. Castro Institute advisory committee for several years, Mr. Arthur "Art" Chapa, has passed away. He served as the Castro's family representative on the advisory committee. Our heartfelt condolences to the Chapa family. Below is the obtituary from the 11-29-10 Tucson Daily Star:
Arthur A Chapa 3/16/1941 - 11/19/2010 Beloved husband of Lynette; father of Allen (Amber), Ken and Laura (Justin) Hoffman; grandfather of Alex, Addison and Izabella; brother of Armando Chapa and son of Minnie Goodman. He was our heart, our strength, our hero. He was a friend to many, a mentor to others. He was respected by all who knew him. His legacy is not only his devotion to his family but also his commitment to his community. Art was a long time attorney, lobbyist and community advocate. He believed in the power of education and also in working together in a bipartisan effort to improve our community and our state. He believed in working hard, in taking responsibly for ones choices and being respectful of others. His life was truly a life well lived. He will be missed immensely. The family thanks the doctors, nurses and support staff at University Medical Center for their professionalism, compassion and assistance. They helped Art pass with dignity and comfort. They provided solace and guidance to the family. They were simply first-class. The family also thanks Art's many friends and family members who have lovingly and unselfishly supported them during this difficult time. A Celebration of Art's life was held on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 10:00 a.m., St. Augustine Cathedral, 192 S Stone Ave. in Tucson. Donations can be made to The Arthur A. Chapa Fund for the awareness of H-Pylori-induced cancer c/o the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Tucson, AZ 85724. Your gift could help to save a life. At heart, always a military enthusiast, Art would have been honored to have died so that others may live.


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Getting lighter is not an end in itself. Getting faster is the goal. There are different ways to get leaner, and not all of them will make you faster. McCormack saw that the best way to get faster through weight loss was to go fast in training.
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Designer Phillip Lim is beefing up.
The 36-year-old, one of a crew of young Asian-American designers who have been generating a lot of buzz, plans to mount his first presentation of menswear Friday afternoon. And yes, he still plans to hold a runway show in Bryant Park next week.
This time, Mr. Lim's runway show will be women's only. In the past, the designer would throw in a handful of men's looks in his runway show and call it a day. But this time, he wanted to show his men's collection, which he launched in 2007, two years after launching his women's line, more love.
The line, casual but with a chic, tailored twist, came from a partly selfish place. "It's about showcasing everything I want to wear," he has said about it. He has also described the collection as "classic with a sense of madness." (The Spring 2010 men's line is inspired by beatniks.) The designer's desire to do a full presentation of it came from a sense that the industry hasn't been giving menswear its due.
Mr. Lim was one of a number of designers who launched men's lines in 2006 and 2007, in what was then a bull market for new menswear labels. The list included Narciso Rodriguez and Isaac Mizrahi, both of whom have since shuttered their men's collections.
Just as he doesn't want to be seen as just a womenswear designer — his line, 3.1 Phillip Lim, includes swimwear, lingerie and shoes — he also doesn't want to be seen just for his otherness. "I never stop and say, wait a minute, I'm an Asian-American designer. That's never my m.o. I'm just a designer that happens to be Asian that lives in America. My clothes are cosmopolitan, they're everyday."


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Police say 29-year-old Jason A. Peet is accused of robbing the Simons Store in South Burlington, and the Champlain Farms and Maplefields stores in Colchester on Nov. 25 using a long-barreled handgun.
Authorities say Peet allegedly pulled the trigger on the handgun multiple times in the Champlain Farms at the intersection of Route 2a and Route 7 in Colchester, but the weapon did not fire.
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NEW DELHI: As petrol and diesel have become costlier after government decided to decontrol fuel prices, it's focus alternate fuel for carmakers. And they are chalking out plans to strap more of their models with CNG and LPG variants.
Faced with a slew of new launches from the competitors in the compact segment, Maruti Suzuki is planning a blitzkreig with CNG and will launch dual-fuel variants for five of its cars, including the popular Alto and WagonR. General Motors, Toyota, Hyundai are some of the other carmakers which have CNG and LPG options for their cars and are planning to expand further.


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NORTH PORT - A Naples man is in serious condition after police said he ran his motorcycle into the back of a pick-up truck that was hauling a trailer on Interstate 75 near North Port.
Frank Trulson, 66, of Naples, was taken by Bayflite to Blake Medical Center Sunday morning.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, Trulson was traveling east on I-75 in the right lane just east of the North Sumter Boulevard exit at about 9 a.m. when he began to approach a Chevy Silverado, which was hauling a U-Haul trailer.
Troopers said Trulson did not notice that the Silverado was traveling slower and did not slowdown in time.
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The motorcycle overturned onto its left side and slid to the right, hitting the U-Haul trailer and ejecting Trulson, who hit his head on the pavement.
Trulson was taken to Blake Regional Medical Center where he remains in serious condition.
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At the highest level,
the Director of NIMA operates under two sometime-handicaps. The first
is the ambiguity of whether, or when, he works for the DCI or the SECDEF.
The second is his relatively short tenure.
While the DCI and
SECDEF have ultimate common purpose, their missions are distinct, their
methods disparate, and their day-to-day priorities not always congruent.
In drafting the National Security Act of 1947, arguments were advanced
as to the desirability of placing foreign intelligence within the Defense
Department, under the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The decision to form an independent
agency, CIA, headed by an independent director reflected the desire for
independent intelligence in support of national security policy decisions.
From its inception,
the Central Intelligence Agency has held some sway over strategic reconnaissance--from
the U2, to the SR-71, to imagery satellites--and the Director of Central
Intelligence had been the developer of strategic reconnaissance assets
and arbiter of how the resources would be used.26
Times change, of course. The SR-71 was retired, and the U2s transitioned
from national to theater assets. Imagery satellite tasking, however, has
been retained under the thumb of the DCI, at least in the absence of
major hostility. There is a relatively recent agreement between the
DCI and the SECDEF, generally referred to as the Transfer of Tasking
Authority, which provides for final adjudication to transition to
defense under "wartime" conditions, or when the President so directs.
The Commission finds
that the present tour length of a Director of NIMA, two to three years,
is insufficient to complete execution of the plans and programs of this
young organization. Institutionalizing change is never easy as there frequently
is subtle resistance among subordinate levels of management. A longer
tour reduces the opportunity for those subtle resistors to simply outlast
the Director. Nor is this problem unique to NIMA. The National Security
Agency, going through a rebirth, is said to be similarly afflicted.
The answer is simple.
Having chosen the right person to lead the organization, his/her length
of tour must be established at the outset as, say, five years. This should
allow for a reasonable chance to fully carry out and institutionalize
needed changes without being impelled to embark prematurely on changes
before taking sufficient time, at the onset of the tour, to understand
the organization, or to run the risk of running out of time.
As with NSA, the (shorter)
history of NIMA is to be led by a general officer nominated by a military
service, concurred in by the DCI, and appointed by the SECDEF. For a senior
flag officer, Congress, too, has a say. It may be that the uniformed military
are unwilling to commit to so long a tour for a senior flag officer because
of a "star" problem--a problem that Congress could, in fact, solve. Alternatively,
civilian leadership should be considered with a military officer as deputy.
Whatever the solution, the objective is to ensure better continuity and
sustain the momentum.
Being Director of
NIMA is not easy. Defining the job of the Director of NIMA is not so easy,
either. Is he the principal (substantive) imagery intelligence officer?
Or, is he an information factory manager? This ambiguity simply mirrors
the bifurcation in NIMA's mission.
Externally, D/NIMA
seeks to serve (at least) two masters, the Director of Central Intelligence
and the Secretary of Defense. Fortunately, there is considerable congruence
in their missions. Unfortunately, there are some differences. Internally,
the Director of NIMA tries to harness two cultures, in two cities. His
two principal product lines, imagery intelligence and maps, have two distinctly
different clienteles. Imagery intelligence has its number one customer
in the White House; maps have their number one customer in the foxhole.
His mission increasingly
depends on technology, but his workforce is grounded more in the liberal
arts. He is underresourced and cannot depend wholly on his upper-management
corps. His fount of expertise is being drained by retirements and by those
who would rather return to their CIA roots than take the DOD pledge.
The Director of NIMA
said, and the Commission agrees, that he currently has sufficient authorities
with which to execute his responsibilities.
The Commission does
observe that D/NIMA has been deliberate about the exercise of his responsibilities
as functional imagery manager, presumably constrained by real resource
limitations and a realistic concern about shocking the system. Notwithstanding,
the Commission suggests gently that D/NIMA signal his intent to incrementally
increase his forcefulness in order to achieve more quickly his strategic
DOD Directive 5105.6
specifically identifies D/NIMA as the functional manager for imagery,
imagery intelligence, and geospatial investment activities for all budget
categories--the National Foreign Intelligence Program, the Joint Military
Intelligence Program, and most important the Tactical Intelligence and
Related Activities.
The D/NIMA can and
does provide guidance to the IMINT community to ensure that investments
are in line with the USIGS framework. While the D/NIMA can control investments
in his own agency, his influence on his mission partner, the NRO is problematic
and he has next-to-no de jure influence over investments made by
the Services, which have their own appropriations and authorizations in
the TIARA Program.
Others have tried
to harness the NRO and the Services and failed. Still, the Commission
wonders if there couldn't be an effective approval process which ensures
that all IMINT investments comply with guidance from the functional
imagery manager, D/NIMA.
Some among the Commission
believe that the span of control of the Director of NIMA is too broad
and would recommend reorganization. Sometimes--particularly in a young
or untested organization--the apparent solution to every problem is a
dedicated manager or senior staff officer with a "direct report" to the
top. Usually, this indicates that the overall business model of the organization
has yet to gel.
The Commission has
no concrete examples to indicate that the current Director is spread too
thin and that some important matters have suffered from a lack of his
attention. Indeed, the Commission is impressed by the overall effectiveness
of the current Director and his senior leadership team, considering the
stresses to which this tender organization is exposed.
If there is a legitimate
concern, it is not with the present operation, but with the need to establish
tomorrow's leadership, which generally involves more, rather than less,
delegated authority.
Two sets of forebears,
two legacies, two missions, two cultures. Can the promise of NIMA--to
take advantage of the technical convergence between imagery and mapping
in the digital age--be fulfilled without an overarching culture? The Commission
suspects not.
Each culture perceives
the other as failing to understand its specialty, and each (but especially
imagery analysts) feels disadvantaged by having to work for a manager
of the opposite persuasion. Both worry that convergence will turn all
the princes into frogs, rather than the frogs into princes. The Commission
believes that nothing could be further from the truth: enlisting all the
NIMA disciplines in a single mission, uniting the workforce, and melding
the cultures will enhance the effectiveness of each.
NIMA management has
been justifiably cautious about espousing convergence as the goal and
forcing the respective cultures to confront head-on the issues that separate
them. NIMA management appears to be genuinely conflicted, both about the
worthiness of the goal--witness the bifurcated mission statement--and
about whether the pain will be worth the gain, which is understandable,
if regrettable.
It is all too easy
for outsiders to be impatient with the progress and therefore critical
of NIMA management, and the Commission is uneasy in urging greater haste.
It is possible that the inevitable just takes a little longer, that familiarity
breeds admiration rather than contempt, and that the organization is still
too fragile and the stakes too high to press harder.
The Director of NIMA
seems genuinely committed to the desirability and eventuality of greater
synergy, if not outright fusion, of the two disciplines, and is working
to instill this commitment in his senior managers, many of whom already
"get it." With perseverance, this will percolate through management layers,
as well as bubble up from the working level where the synergies are sometimes
more evident. The Commission hopes that there will be time for this approach
to work.
The Commission believes
that WorkForce-21 offers an opportunity to reward tangibly those individuals
who seek, master, and constructively employ, both kinds of skills. Promotion
and compensation, as well as official recognition, are the incentives
that management can use to motivate desired behavior, and WorkForce-21
potentiates these management tools.
The Commission also
believes that internal connectivity, training, and facilities all need
to be improved with an eye toward overcoming cultural barriers.
Change is always unsettling
to the majority of a workforce, and NIMA is no exception. Change highlights
the fact that one worker's opportunity is another's peril. The NIMA workforce
needs to understand which performance metrics embody leadership's expectations
and are considered critical to the overall success of the organization.
WorkForce-21, if executed properly, holds out the promise of ensuring
WorkForce-21 moves
away from what some have considered the overly paternal civil service
model and toward heightened individual accountability for one's performance
and one's career development. The pillars of WorkForce-21 are enunciated,
incentivized expectations and reward for individual initiative.
Within the NIMA workforce,
the Commission found some serious concern about the organization's Key
Component leadership reflected in an employee survey conducted after WorkForce-21
had been initiated. Many of those interviewed, both in the survey and
by the Commission, believe there is an absence of robust Key Component
leadership; some also feel that existing authority is too centralized.
WorkForce-21 attempts to reduce the inimical influence of old-style management's
old-boy/girl network. The success of WorkForce-21 will depend on middle
management, which, after all, must translate the vision of superiors into
workaday instructions for subordinates.
The Commission cannot
help but remark that NIMA, like many government agencies, and quite distinct
from good business practice, seems, de facto, to have used its
workforce downsizing as an opportunity to reduce, rather than improve
quality--only in the government!
NIMA requires an increasingly
technical and skilled workforce and exceptional leaders to help it usher
in the FIA area. NIMA is disadvantaged by the small number of SES/SIS
billets it currently has--about half the overall government average, and
many fewer, per capita, than its sister intelligence agencies. The Commission
considers it unlikely that it can find and retain the caliber of officer
it needs and deserves unless the roster of SES/SIS positions can be ameliorated.
The Commission recommends
an increase in SES/SIS billets in its primary mission areas, imagery analysis,
and geospatial information services. And while such "supergrade" positions
would also benefit the systems engineering and acquisition activity, the
Commission urges that consideration be given to creation of an "Extraordinary
Program Office" (EPO) with rank and pay scale "outside the system" as
detailed subsequently.
The Commission sees
some evidence that NIMA's progress as an effective and efficient organization
is constrained by insufficient and inexperienced staff in some critical
areas. In addition to the previously remarked upon shortages of highly
experienced imagery analysts and systems engineering and acquisition staff,
NIMA is light in unique areas like imagery science.
The Commission observes
that the decline in experience and expertise in NIMA's Imagery Analyst
corps has seriously impaired NIMA's ability to support its customers.
Not limited to NIMA, as the Commission notes, the downturn in analytical
expertise is due to both loss of experienced people and the fewer lessened
number of years of experience held by the new hires. NIMA's imagery analyst
workforce has declined, on average, from 13 years of experience to 11
years of experience, and 40 percent of the imagery analysts have less
than 2 years of experience. This situation leads to more experienced personnel
having to devote more time and effort to both training and mentoring,
and consequently less time to supporting NIMA's customers.
The term "imagery
scientist" can be subject to multiple interpretations.
One might conjure
up the image of a scientist who worried about the chemistry of films,
emulsions, photo-sensitive materials, and D-log(E) plots or the electronic-age
equivalent who worries about CCD-arrays, spectral sensitivities, density
functions, gamma corrections, orthorectification, etc.--i.e., the
"science of imaging."
one might think of a scientist who understands the phenomenology of
a problem and its imagery observables--how the hyperspectral "image"
information might distinguish between an emissive cloud of toxic nerve
gas and the benign effluent from a baby milk factory; or how the thermal
infrared image distinguished between a real SU-27 and a plywood decoy
on the tarmac.
Clearly, the imagery
intelligence business needs both, and the cartography business benefits
from the first, if not the second.
However, as understood
by the Commission, it is the second interpretation that underpins the
assertion that the Intelligence Community has a paucity of "imagery scientists."
It is the science-based exploitation of the image that must be nurtured
by NIMA.27
The question is whether NIMA can have such scientists in-house--i.e.,
as USG employees--or must look to industry, academia, and the national
labs for such expertise. The Commission suspects the latter is the case:
NIMA would find it hard to accommodate the number of diverse scientists
required, could not support their professional development or advancement,
and would otherwise have trouble attracting and keeping them. Better to
rely on extant "centers of excellence" and, in their absence, to stimulate
such centers.
The Commission agrees
that there is a shortfall in "imagery scientists" so defined. In fact,
the Commission notes the broader shortfall in the Intelligence Community
of sound "targeting"--i.e., understanding the "business processes" of
the target, modeling and simulating these, and mapping them to infrastructure,
all of which then suggests the set of observables, against which multi-INT
collection can be launched and upon which all-source analysis can be based.
There is realization, in the Intelligence Community of the desirability
of better targeting and examples of innovative targeting--e.g.,
by the "issue managers" and on their behalf by the ADCI/C-sponsored Collection
Concepts Development Center (CCDC). The NRO, too, often sponsors early
science-based work in support of new collector concepts.
For NIMA, the Commission
concurs in reliance on external sources of expertise for such science-based
problems insofar as NIMA cannot, itself, attract and retain such skills.
NIMA lacks the sufficient
expertise in systems engineering/systems integration and acquisition sufficient
to carry out an efficient and effective large modernization program. The
Commission believes this situation must be rectified in order to successfully
implement the USIGS program and the Commercial Imagery Strategy. The Commission
believes that NIMA needs to bolster its staff in this critical area and
that it cannot do this, in time, "within the system." It recommends, therefore,
that NIMA create--as described in detail elsewhere--an "Extraordinary
Program Office" (EPO) with the active help of the DCI, SECDEF, and Congress.
Management, in any
organization, is a critical and often weak link in the chain. NIMA, in
its time of change, absolutely must rely on management, especially those
seniors who report to the Director. Change, whether inspired by vision
from the top, or insights from the bottom up, always confronts its highest
hurdle at this level. NIMA does have many qualified executives and managers;
it just needs to ensure that all its management corps can pass the test.
The Commission finds
little disagreement as to the fact that NIMA is severely under resourced
given the expanding mission and the need to modernize USIGS in light of
FIA. Not surprisingly, there is considerable disagreement as to the fount
from which the needed resources should spring, and incessant caviling
about whether NIMA, as currently constituted, is capable of efficiently
executing the funds that it surely requires.
The Commission finds
little logic in the argument that, although they need the money, they
are not yet capable of spending it wisely and so can make do with less.
Try as it might, the Commission cannot think of an instance where an inadequate
organization can do the job more cheaply than a first-rate organization.
And the job has to be done.
The answer, of course,
is to provide the resources and support NIMA's becoming the first-rate
organization it needs to be. Elsewhere, the Commission recommends creation
of an "Extraordinary Program Office" (EPO) with world-class talent whom
none could gainsay. Staffed and armed with the authorities recommended
by the Commission, the EPO will surely reduce the cost of the overall
program. Still, the current budget (POM/IPOM) will need to be fattened
considerably to realize fully the promise of FIA and USIGS. Get used to
In retrospect, the
Commission opines that had the stand-up of NIMA included a more rigorous
analysis of the true costs of programs and projects to be undertaken by
NIMA, the DCI and SECDEF might have avoided the past four years of acrimonious
budget debates.
NIMA's first budget
(FY 1997)--far from the result of careful, deliberate analysis of all
the functions and missions assigned to it--was the agglomeration of projects
and programs inherited from the CIA, DIA, NPIC, DMA, NRO, et al. Since
1997 NIMA has consistently requested and received "over-guidance" funds.
Each year since its stand-up, funding for NIMA programs has been a major
issue for out-of-cycle budget deliberations. As a result of increases
in the President's budget and yet further additions by Congress, NIMA's
resources have grown faster than any other program in the IC.
This year NIMA received
an increase billed as a "down payment" for TPED. Taken literally, there
is hope that NIMA's budget line will increase over the next three years
to a point where it can discharge its responsibilities fully. Only upon
"payment in full" can the true expectations of NIMA, set back in 1996,
be achieved.
On a smaller scale,
the Commission observes that NIMA faces a situation of insufficient resource
support for its internal infrastructure. In briefing after briefing, the
Commission was told, by supporter and detractor alike, that the NIMA infrastructure
was not up to the present mission, much less the future. On the positive
side, the Commission commends NIMA's plans for consolidation of certain
facilities, and lauds progress to date.
This was not accidental, but a deliberate decision of then-President Dwight
D. Eisenhower, anxious to see "civilian competition to the military,"
a situation that has prevailed, de facto, until the present. It
has, however, been eroded by the change in U2 status, and the Transfer
of Tasking Memorandum that provides for a change in final adjudication
from the DCI to the SECDEF under "wartime" conditions or when the President
so directs.
The vibrancy of the commercial photo market, both film and digital, guarantees
that there will be no shortage of expertise dealing with the science of
| Executive Summary and Key Judgments
| Introduction | NIMA
from the Beginning
NIMA in Context | Two-and-a-Half
Roles for NIMA | The Promise of NIMA
NIMA and Its Stakeholders |
NIMA and Its "Customers" | Is There a "National
vs Tactical" Problem?
NIMA and Its Peers and Partners | NIMA
and Its Suppliers | NIMA Management Challenges
NIMA's Information Systems | NIMA
Research and Development
NIMA and Its Information Architecture | Recommendations
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Appendix B | Glossary
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Pour the melted soap into the loaf pan and let it cool for about 15 to 18 minutes (it should be firm but still soft enough to cut easily). Lift the waxed paper to remove the soap from the pan and set it on a flat surface, paper and all.
Re-line the loaf pan with new waxed paper and melt a second batch of soap. This time, before pouring it into the pan, stir in drops of soap dye until you have the desired shade.
While the second batch of soap cools, cut heart shapes from the first batch. Start with the largest heart, keeping in mind that between the batches you'll want to cut out at least seven large hearts. If you opt to make a third batch, prepare it as soon as you remove the second batch from the pan, and consider adding a small amount of pearlescent powder to give it an opaque look.
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A Message from Patrick McEnroe about QuickStart:
One of the goals of USTA Player Development is the establishment of a network of Certified Regional Training Centers to enhance the training and development of our most promising young talentâespecially those players ages 8-12. The network is based on a three-way partnership between USTA Player Development, our countryâs best coaches and our sections.
A critical component behind the success of this goal is the recruitment and retention of Americaâs best young athletes, which brings us to the vital importance of the QuickStart Tennis play format and its continued success. USTA Player Development fully supports the QuickStart Tennis Initiative as a play format and as the right way for children ages 6-10 to play and learn the game of tennis. The QuickStart Tennis play format will introduce tennis to players at a young age, allowing them to rally and play right away and develop a bond with tennis that will keep them involved in the sport for life. In turn, that increased level of interest and participation gives us in Player Development a unique opportunity to recruit, retain and develop these promising young athletes.
We in Player Development believe that not only does the QuickStart Tennis play format offer our young players a fun, safe and sensible way to start playing the game; it also accelerates skill development and enhances the competitive experience for young children. We have proudly supported the fine team of QuickStart Tennis innovators working in Community Tennis by spearheading rule changes in 8-and-under and 10-and-under competitive play formats. These rule changes will provide competitive scenarios that include non-elimination play formats to encourage children of all levels to compete in a welcoming environmentâone which emphasizes enjoyment and play.
In Player Development, we view the game of tennis as being played in a sequence comprised of three distinct, yet interrelated components: 1) the eyes and mind, 2) followed by the feet, 3) followed by the hands. Eyes and mind refer to ball recognition and shot selection; feet refer to footwork, movement and balance, and hands represent the playerâs grips and stroke production. The QuickStart Tennis play format enhances the development of all three competencies through the following:
In addition, the undocumented competition, shortened matches and non-elimination play formats such as compass draws, round robins and team play championed by the QuickStart Tennis Initiative make tennis fun and rewarding, contributing to childrenâs enjoyment of competitive opportunities by reducing the discouraging effects that losing in the first round and finishing last have on many newcomers to our game.
QuickStart Tennis is the ideal play format for players ages 6-10. To ensure its sustained success, we will continue to work actively with Community Tennis to dramatically increase the talent pool of great young American athletes in years to come!
What is QuickStart?
QuickStart Tennis is an innovative new play format that will help to get more children 10 years of age and under into the game. This format, one of the most significant moves ever to introduce tennis to youth, provides a way to bring kids 10 and under into the game by utilizing equipment, court dimensions, and scoring that is tailored to their age and size.
QuickStart Tennis appropriately scales down all aspects of regulation tennis - including equipment, court dimensions, and scoring so that the game becomes specifically tailored to their age and size. The format is broken out into two age groupings, for children ages 10-under and for those who are 8-under, similar to models used successfully in other youth sports (such as youth baseball).
Children 8 and under will play on a 36' x 18' court, with the length of the court equaling the width of a regulation tennis court. The set-up utilizes doubles sidelines as the baselines and from the baseline to the service line as the new sidelines. Racquets will be up to 23" in size, making them easier to control than larger-sized racquets. The balls, either a foam ball or a very low compression ball, will also match the abilities of the child, bouncing lower and traveling less distance. This will enable the child to have proper swing technique, with the ball bouncing into their comfort zones. The net height will be 2' 9' (three inches lower than regulation), making it easier for the child to continue the rally. Finally, scoring is brought down to a much simpler and manageable level - best of three games, with the first player to win seven points winning the game, creating a much shorter match time for still-developing attention spans.
For those children 10 and under, the size of the court will be 60' x 21' (60' x 27' for doubles), with the length of the court extending just beyond the ends of each service area. The racquet will be up to 25" in size - still manageable, but increasing with the child's body-size and age. The ball, a low-compression ball, travels a little faster and farther than the ball utilized by the 8 and under group, but will still have a lower bounce than the standard tennis ball. Scoring becomes best of three sets, with 4 games winning a set, and the third set being first to 7 points (if necessary).
The QuickStart Tennis play format will roll-out this spring in over 1,000 facilities across the country, which are each expected to incorporate it within their existing 10 and under programming. The USTA will also organize and implement training sessions, both to coaches and volunteers including parents, to help early adoption of the format. In addition, the USTA has begun incorporating the play format into its coed recreational tennis league, USTA Jr. Team Tennis, and its tournament offerings. In succeeding years, it will continue to be implemented into programming with the goal of reaching all aspects of 10 and under youth tennis, including tournament, lesson based, recreational and team play.
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Staff Picks
Don't forget to check out our staff picks for kids!
March 24, 2014
A Flowershop in Baghdad
by Banzet, Michael
This book is the story of the greatest force for good the world has ever known: the extraordinary, ordinary men and women of the United States military.
U.S. Air Force pilot Michael Banzet tells the funny, tragic, deeply moving story of the year he was grounded in Baghdad working with British and Iraqi forces to build a modern Iraqi air force. Banzet gives eloquent, irreverent voice to one of the "invisible stories" – those never investigated or reported by the media because they are true, because they are profoundly inspiring, and because they undermine the narrative of the "ugly American" so in vogue with the sophisticated set.
In 2007 – 2008, two very different cultures were working together, learning from each other, and quite literally risking their lives to build the foundation for a modern Iraq: dedicated, desperately courageous, ordinary Iraqis, Brits, and Americans – unsung heroes all. It turned out to be the most important year of Banzet's professional life: "I've never seen the might and thunder, along with the tenderness and patience, of a military organization focused on a people before. And I got to see it from their perspective. I was truly blessed to be among those that have been at the epicenter of history in the making."
Banzet continues "… the ones who have chosen this type of service are the best this society has to offer. They may not be the smartest, best looking, richest, or best connected, but you'd be surprised by the silent quality of these people … The lowest-ranking deployed E-1 has a greater impact than all the ambassadors at all the swell parties with all the swell people."
"This book was written to share with you how I came to the startling conclusion that I am indeed a superhero … The truly amazing thing about me is that, as a product of this amazing country, I am completely ordinary. However, once I leave the borders of these United States, I start to grow in power and influence until I become someone who can do anything …"
Which he did. Which our servicemen and women do every day. This book will make you proud to be an American.
Recommended by Deborah Jones, Franklin Road Library
March 17, 2014
Soul Food: The Surprising Story of an American Cuisine, One Plate at a Time
by Miller, Adrian
Have you ever wondered "What is soul food?" Adrian Miller, a culinary historian, takes readers along with him as he researches the history of soul food. Miller "follows the people" by looking at the migration patterns of Africans and the types of food that were eaten after they became acclimated to North America. Miller investigates why at one time soul food brought families together once a week but is now getting a bad rap as a negative representation of artery clogging, high blood pressure food. He also looks at the socio-economic reasons why certain soul food exists. Each soul food dish has a chapter that tells the story of how its' existence came into being. With chapters on chicken, catfish, cornbread, hot sauce, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, and yams this book will reach into your soul with its' mouthwatering history. 22 soul food recipes are included for your cooking pleasure. Bon appetite!
--Recommended by Kim Jones, Central Library
March 10, 2014
The Illumination
by Brockmeier, Kevin
What if pain and injury were expressed as light? What if you could walk down any street and see the illumination of scars and disease? That is the premise of this fascinating book. It starts at 8:17 on a Friday. Carol Page has an accident and ends up at the emergency room. After her hand becomes infected, she returns to the hospital and her injury begins to glow.
While Carol is in the hospital, she comes into contact with a journal written by a husband to his deceased wife who dies in a fatal accident and her light burns out. From there, the journal passes through the hands of unsuspecting patients and changes their lives forever.
You could hardly step out in public without noticing the white blaze of someone's impacted heel showing through her slingbacks; and over there, hailing a taxi, a woman with shimmering pressure marks where her pants cut into her gut; and behind her, beneath the awning of the flower shop, a man lit all over in a glory of leukemia.
This is a book you will enjoy!
--Recommended by Gregory Hill, Decatur Library
March 3, 2014
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
by Semple, Maria
The first thing I do when I finish a book that I really liked is check to see who bought the movie rights. With Where'd You Go, Bernadette?, I was sorely disappointed to discover it wasn't Wes Anderson. The movie would need someone who can match the author's ability to get you emotionally invested in a story that manages to take itself seriously, in spite of the fantastical absurdity of its plot and the suspension of disbelief required to relate to characters whose genius and neurosis are both larger than life. This is at once a heartwarming mother-daughter story, and a cutting satire of Seattle's One-Percenters: the earth-conscious Subaru-driving helicopter parents who send their children to private Montessori schools with the kind of money that only a top-ranking Microsoft visionary and world-renowned pop-architect could bring in.
The book is rich with the self-aware comedy of suburbia taken to its extreme, exemplified by two wealthy and culturally ignorant mothers fighting a vicious proxy-war over each other's lawns through a hapless landscaper, a remote virtual administrative assistant from India, and a volley of passive-aggressive letters to the PTA. There's also a hearty helping of tech-industry humor, as the book exposes the secret life of TED Talk socialites, and the high intrigue involved in choosing the right seat at the lecture.
The story is told through a collection of documents put together by Bernadette's daughter, Bee, as she scrambles to track down her eccentric agoraphobic mother who has mysteriously disappeared. They range from cheeky school news bulletins, e-mails from Bernadette to her remote assistant (and impromptu therapist) Manjula, back-and-forth letters from the local henhouse of "concerned mothers", and as the story starts to really pick up, police investigation reports and Antarctic ship captain's logs. This allows for the narrative to bounce through perspectives at a manically hilarious pace.
The satire angle starts to get thinner towards the last quarter of the book, but hopefully by then, you'll be too curious about Bernadette's fate to do anything but rip through the rest of the story with desperate hope that things will turn out all right for her and Bee. It's hard not to spoil the ending, because I'm the kind of person who bails out of a book when I sense it's going to leave me in pieces at the tragic end. All I can say is that the journey was worth it.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette is also available as a downloadable audiobook, an audiobook on CD, a downloadable e-book, and in large print.
— Recommended by Daniel Perez, East 38th Street Library
February 24, 2014
A Perfect Proposal
by Fforde, Katie
A Perfect Proposal is an excellent, fun, fast read. Quirky, resourceful, kind-hearted Sophie is unappreciated by her academic family. This family, in an effort to get into wealthy, evil Uncle Eric's will, sends Sophie to to be his housekeeper for 2 weeks. Uncle Eric turns out to be charming, and he considers helping Sophie fund her plan to take a tailoring course and then start her own business.
Sophie has an opportunity to leave England and visit a friend and be a nanny for 3 weeks in New York. The job falls through, leaving Sophie with a lot of free time and not much cash. While attending an art opening, Sophie keeps Matilda, a society matron, from fainting. Matilda is a war bride whose fondest childhood memories took place in a house somewhere on the Cornish coast; and she is charmed by Sophie, who reminds her of home. She asks Sophie to find that house in Cornwall.
Luke, Matilda's grandson, is wary of Sophie and does his best to keep the two separated. Matilda sends Luke over to England on business, because she thinks Sophie and Luke are made for each other. Naturally, they are resistant, and it's fun watching them come around to Matilda's way of thinking.
--Recommended by Debbie Overshiner, Eagle Library


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Rubber Stamp This
October 25, 2010 - Terry Estep
I'm trying to narrow down my Halloween costume options. Given the tone of the election, I'm thinking an Obama, Reid, or Pelosi mask should earn me a Scariest Costume award. I can lurk outside a conservative's house and jump out screaming "OBAMACARE! BOOGA-BOOGA-BOOGA!" and clean up on the spilled candy when they run back inside to hide under the bed.
I'm ready for the election to be over. The constant polling calls are bad enough, but the constant drumbeat of Raese ads describing Governor Manchin as a "rubber stamp" for the Obama agenda are worse. Has Raese ever put forth a reason Manchin shouldn't be elected other than his concern that Manchin will be Obama's lapdog? If so, I haven't heard it. Even the trucker dudes in the pathetic "hicky" ad touted Manchin as a good governor.
I think the part that makes me laugh is the idea of Raese trying to paint Manchin as a "rubber stamp," but we're supposed to believe Raese won't march in sync with Mitch McConnell and do whatever the Republicans tell him... which invariably will be to vote against anything Obama puts forth. I'd like to see the dreaded Obama-Reid-Pelosi Axis of Super Evil crafting a law calling for kittens and blankets for orphans, just so I can see the GOP vote against kittens and blankets for orphans. Raese would break out his rubber stamp and go along with that vote in a heartbeat.
Raese should've tried coming up with reasons why he'd be a positive force for West Virginia instead of campaigning against Obama, Reid, and Pelosi. I think the reason he didn't is because he doesn't know any.
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History of Longwood University's Access Control System
In February 2000, Longwood University's Board of Visitors approved the University's commitment to maintaining the highest level of safety and security on campus and provided its unanimous support for the improvements detailed in the update on Campus Security & Safety and for the budget amendments being submitted to the General Assembly on behalf of the University.
At that time, the University's security installation project was underway. The initial security system allowed controlled access into computer labs and 9 residential halls, monitoring of door forced and door held alarms, and audible fire and trouble alarms from residence halls to the Police Department. The need for identification cards to gain access into secure areas instigated the creation of the photo "ID Center" which began issuing ID cards to faculty, staff, and students. The DuoProx II ID card that is still in circulation today has expanded tremendously and accommodates a multitude of uses across the campus. These include printing, library services, dining hall meal plans, FAB bus service, and entrance into our new Recreation Center as well as access into campus buildings.
In August 2010, Longwood began utilizing the ID card as a ca$h card and changed the name from "ID Center" to "Lancer Card Center" to accentuate this development. Students and employees can now put funds on their ID cards for use in laundry and vending machines as well as at off campus establishments for purchases of food.
Also at that time, the Office of Integrated Security Systems (OISS) was created to handle the growth of the security system. One of the main uses of the Lancer Card is for physical access into buildings across campus. Access control is now solely handled by the OISS office, a division of the Police Department. Alarms continue to be monitored 24 hours a day by Police Department personnel to provide continuity of emergency response from our police officers. Access into our parking garage, computer labs, residential halls, and academic buildings continues to be controlled by the Lenel On-Guard security system.
Since the security system's inception, we have expanded tremendously both in our needs and functions. The initial 42 readers in the residential halls have grown to over 500 in buildings throughout the Longwood campus. In addition to the 40 cameras located at the Landings complex, a new web based video surveillance system was installed in 2010 and is expanding rapidly which enhances the capabilities of securing the Longwood campus. Convenience, safety, and security for the campus community was and remains the foremost goal for this progression while utilizing the most current technology available.
Overall, Longwood's security management system has exceeded the expectations of the University by maintaining the highest level of security for our students, faculty, and staff. By utilizing Lenel On-Guard's innovative design combined with video surveillance, we are bringing Longwood University into the future world of an ever changing security market.


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January 08, 2003
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Defence Minister Jonathan Coleman says it is a sad day for the
defence force after the death of two New Zealand soldiers and
wounding of six others in Afghanistan.
At approximately 7pm last night, the New Zealand Defence Force
(NZDF) came to the assistance of local security forces who were
attacked by insurgents near a village south of Do Abe, in the north
east of Bamiyan Province.
Two soldiers from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) were
killed and another six were wounded, three with serious
Coleman said it was a tragic day for the NZDF, who are a very
close-knit family.
"This is going to be felt very heavily across the NZDF," he said
at a press conference at the Defence Force base
at Whenuapai.
"This is a time when people across the the NZDF will pull
Prime Minister John Key expressed sadness over the deaths,
saying the soldiers had paid the "highest price".
"My thoughts are with the family and friends of the two brave
soldiers killed and also with the families and friends of those
New Zealand Governor General Sir Gerry Mateparae also offered
his condolences, saying serving in war-torn countries carried
significant risk.
The identities of the two killed will not be released for 24
hours to give families time and space to grieve.
Their bodies will return to New Zealand later this week.
Attacked by insurgents
The attack occurred yesterday morning in Do Abe, around 7pm New
Zealand time, after an Afghan police unit moved to arrest an
insurgent in the area, Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General
Rhys Jones said."They were ambushed by insurgents and had two killed and seven
injured."They requested the help of our PRT to help stabilise the
situation and help evacuate out the dead and wounded people," Jones
said.The PRT sent patrols into the region, who assisted in putting
suppressive fire down on where the insurgents remained in
buildings."Our patrols then moved to secure the area around it, and that's
when we came under fire by a separate group of insurgents."Jones said the fatalities occurred within two to three minutes
of fire.
Number of NZ soldiers killed
The announcement today brings the total number of New Zealand
soldier fatalities in Afghanistan to seven.The first, Lieutenant Tim O'Donnell, was killed in August 2010
after an ambush in Bamiyan.Three soldiers died last year, including Private Kirifi Mila of
the PRT and SAS soldiers Corporal Doug Grant and Lance Corporal
Leon Smith.And PRT Corporal Doug Hughes died in an incident in April this
year.Key said each and every one of these soldiers left behind a
family."I'd like to reassure their families that they will always be
remembered by all New Zealanders for the sacrifice they have made
to restore stability to the region."The deaths also reinforced the danger faced daily by New Zealand
forces working "tirelessly" to restore stability to the province,
Key said.The PRT has been in the Bamiyan Province for nine years. Earlier
this year it was announced the team would be withdrawn from
Afghanistan before the end of 2013.
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Definition of harass in English:
verb[with object]
- A pensioner who was harassed by aggressive beggars in Swindon town centre has backed a campaign to stop vagrants pestering shoppers for cash.
- It would assume that anyone who says they don't own a car at all is lying and it would harass them continually with aggressive letters and vague threats.
- Both harass the unemployed, pressuring them further into exploitative employment.
- In addition the crusaders used light cavalry and horse archers in large numbers to harass the enemy, to scout, and to supplement the knights.
- Our pilots were used to harassing the enemy by strafing rail and truck areas, infantry and anything that moved.
- The wise general never gives battle but on favourable ground; and until he has found it, he manoeuvres, skirmishes, and harasses the enemy.
Traditionally, the word harass has been pronounced with stress on the first syllable, as "HAR-us." But the newer pronunciation that puts the stress on the second syllable ("huh-RAS") is increasingly more widespread and is considered standard. This is also true for harassed and harassment.
harasser noun
- Example sentences
- As a result of some histrionic accusations of being 'sexist pornographers' and sexual harassers, my friend and I were rousted from our beds by the campus Gestapo at a ridiculously early hour.
- A large group of the harassers, led by a security policewoman, surrounded the car and yelled abuse.
- It is akin to asking sexual harassers to assess themselves when it is obvious they find their behaviour acceptable on their own terms.
harassingly adverb
- Example sentences
- The trooper, still harassingly close behind, was also lingering and not turning on his lights.
- Nowadays these artificial limitations are no longer bound to exploding online costs or harassingly slow connections.
- If 'activation' should require that I had to apply to Adobe every time this happened, I'd consider it harassingly burdensome and unacceptable.
Early 17th century: from French harasser, from harer 'set a dog on', from Germanic hare, a cry urging a dog to attack.
This came from French in the early 17th century and is probably from harer 'to set a dog on'. The notion of intimidation arose during the 19th century, with sexual harassment acquiring particular prominence in the 1970s. The sound and sense of harass may be similar to those of harry, but the two are unrelated: harry (Old English) goes back to an ancient root meaning 'army, host', which also gave us the bird called a harrier (mid 16th century), but not the dogs (Late Middle English), which got their name from the hares they were bred to hunt.
Words that rhyme with harassArras, embarrass
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I am looking for a weatherby XXII. I want a tube or clip model with serial number that starts with J, JT, or N. I have one clip model that is ok but has a few dings on the wood, but I want a tube and,or a clip in great condition for the gun safe and just hunt with the one I already have. I have been looking for a nice tube or clip for my collection . Any one that want to sell one,or knows of one someone wants to sell please let me know. Thank you.
I have a Weatherby .22 semi-auto tube fed and the serial # starts with the letter "T". I bought it new in the box($279.99). It was doing a misfire every 25 rounds or so, ever since I bought it. I disassembled it & cleaned it, still doing the same misfire. The firing pin would make a nice indent on the rimfire case but the misfire occurs once in a while no matter what ammo brand I used. I tried reducing with a file the area of the firing pin striking face to make it indent on the rimfire case deeper upon impact, but still misfired. After a few months of this I returned the rifle to Weatherby for warranty repair. Weatherby worked on it at no charge & I got the rifle back after a week. It still misfired every 25 rounds or so. Apparently the armorer at Weatherby fired less than 25 rounds to test his "repair" even though I wrote in the complaint that the misfire was every 25 rounds or so. After a few years of suffering this malady I just decided in my heart that the problem was in the firing pin even though all indications were that it was functioning normally(i.e. good firing pin indent even on the misfired cases). I went to Weatherby to buy a new firing pin & the sales clerk asked why, & I told him & he said he will consult the armorer first & he came back & said for me to bring the rifle in & they will fix it for free. I said "no" because I already did, & the malady remained & to just sell me the new firing pin. Reluctantly he did. At home I took the rifle apart & compared the old & the new firing pins. Lo & behold, I noticed that the old firing pin has a slight, tiny amount of extra metal at the inside corner of where the firing pin tail makes an "L" shaped juncture with the firing pin shaft. I just took my file & filed down that little extra bit of metal & proceeded to test both new & old firing pins at the range. It WORKED. No more misfires whatsoever. It was a slight error in machining of the old firing pin & it was an irritating odd misfire once in a while which took just 30 seconds with a sharp file to cure. The rifle is very accurate, does not jam whatsoever, very beautifully made & finished & just a joy to behold.
I hope you get yours, I am very happy with mine. God Bless. larrysogla.


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If "Lumos!" is what the wizarding world chants to emit a warm glow from their wands, then "Luminoso" must be what we need to conjure a picture of perfect glowing cheeks in our muggle world.
Every time I use Milani Baked Blush in Luminoso, I think of Lumos, a latin word meaning 'light'. And a gorgeous light it brings to the face, it does!
Is Milani Luminoso A Dupe For Nars Orgasm?
I don't know about you, but to me, a 'dupe' should be 90% similar to the object of comparison.
While Luminoso has been named by many as a great drugstore dupe for NARS Orgasm, I don't think it reminds me of Orgasm that much.
Orgasm is predominantly pink with tinge of peach, while Luminoso is mainly peach with some sweet pink.


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- Overview
- Transcript
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- Opening an image from Photoshop, Bridge, or Camera Raw
- Navigating, zooming, panning, and rotating the canvas
- Adding, deleting, and merging layers
- Saving your progress and understanding file formats
- Cropping and straightening
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Identifying and correcting a color cast
- Making and editing selections
- Enhancing portraits by retouching skin, teeth, and eyes
Skill Level Beginner
In this movie, I'll show you how to find the intersection of two selections which allows you to effectively use one selection outline to crop another. This may be the most challenging movie in this course, just in terms of the number of keys you have to press and so forth. So we're going to start things off with a little bit of a rehearsal, so you can understand what's going on. We're just going to find the intersection of a square selection outline and a circular selection outline. So I'm going to start by dragging from the intersection of the two guides like so.
Notice that I'm drawing my Marquee from corner to corner. If while I'm dragging, I press and hold and the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac, then I immediately start drawing from the center outward. And if I press the Shift Key, I'll also constrain my shape to a square. If I want that to remain the case, I have to keep those keys down. If I release the keys, then I go back to the corner-to-corner behavior and I'm drawing a rectangle instead of a square. So I'll press both Shift+Alt or Shift +Option on the Mac, then release my mouse button and then release the keys in order to draw a square from the center outward.
Now let's say I just want to keep those portions of that square selection that fall inside the moon. So I'll go ahead and grab my Elliptical Marquee tool. And I was telling you, if you press the Shift key, then you'll get a little plus sign next to your cursor, which shows you that if you drag, you'll add to the selection. That's of course not what we want. So I'll press the Ctrl+Z or Command+Z on the Mac. If you press the Alt key or Option key on the Mac, you'll get a little minus sign which means that if you drag, you'll subtract from the selection, which is also not what we want.
So I'll go ahead and press Ctrl+Z or Command+Z again. If you press both Shift+Alt or Shift+ Option on the Mac, then you get a little X which means you're going to find the intersection of two selection outlines. That's what we want. So I will begin dragging from the center once again while pressing the Shift+Alt keys or the Shift+Option keys on the Mac. However, notice that my Ellipse begins at the guidelines. I want it to be centered on the guides. So this is a tricky part. You keep the mouse button down and you release the keys, then you immediately repress the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac, and all of a sudden you're drawing the selection outline from the center out.
If you want to draw a circle, then you repress that Shift Key. So in order to do what I'm doing here, I had to release the Shift+Alt keys or the Shift+Option keys in the Mac, keep the mouse button down and repress those exact same keys, Shift+Alt on the PC, Shift+Option on the Mac. Keep those keys down, release the mouse button, and then release the keys and that's how you create a selection outline in the shape of a square inside of a circle. And just to confirm that's the case because it's a little more obvious this way, I'll press the Q key in order to switch to the Quick Mask mode.
So the reason we rehearse that is because things get a little trickier when we have a bunch or marching ants all over the screen. Just to give you a sense of where were going here; I'll switch to the final version of the composition. Notice this hidden rays layer inside the Layers panel? If you Alt+Click or Option+Click on the square in front of that layer, you'll see what we're trying to create. So I want to create a series of rays that are cropped inside of an ellipse, which means the first thing we need to do is take our ray selection outlines and crop them inside of an elliptical selection outline.
So let's try it out here. I'm going to switch back to the image at hand, which is still Daytime moon.psd. I'm going to zoom in so I could better see what I'm doing. What I want to do is start at that guide intersection, but I can barely see it for all these marching ants. So I'm going to hide everything for a moment by pressing Ctrl+H or Command+H on the Mac, so that hides all the screen folder, all my selection outlines, my guides and so forth. The image is still selected, so don't worry about that. If I press Ctrl+H or Command+H again, everything comes back.
Anyway, I'll press Ctrl+H or Command+H on the Mac. Now I need to bring back my guidelines by going to the View menu, choosing the Show command and then choosing Guides, and that will bring those guides back up. So now, I at least have a starting point for my Elliptical Marquee. Now the Elliptical Marquee tool is still selected, I'll press the Shift+Alt keys or the Shift+Option keys on the Mac, notice I get a little X next to my cursor, and I'll begin dragging. But notice, rather than getting an ellipse that's centered on the guides, I have one that's resting against and on the guides.
I'll keep my mouse button down, I'll release the Shift+Alt keys or the Shift+Option keys on the Mac, and then I'll repress the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac. We don't need Shift anymore, because we're not drawing a circle, but I do need to keep that Alt or Option key down. And notice that I'm moving the ellipse outwards, so it's about three quarters away into the tree and up into the sky quite a bit as well, and nearly touching the moon. So it's just down into the left of the moon a little bit, and then I'll release the mouse button, and then I'll release the Alt or Option key.
And I end up getting exactly the effect I'm looking for, which is a series of ray shaped selection outlines cropped inside of an ellipse. Now let's take what we've made and turn it into a layer. Go ahead and click on the background to make sure it's active here in the Layers panel and then we'll create a new layer by going up to the flyout menu icon and choosing the New Layer command. And I'm going to call this new layer rays and then click OK. And now, we need to fill the selection with white and we can do that by going up to the Edit menu and choosing the Fill command.
And then inside the Fill dialog box, change Use from Content Aware to the very last option, White. And make sure the Blending options are set to the default, that is mode, Normal, Opacity 100%, Preserve Transparency off, and click OK, and we end up getting our base rays. Now you can press Ctrl+D or Command+D on the Mac in order to deselect the image. And that friends, is how you effectively crop one selection outline inside of another by finding the intersection of two selections.


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My husband being from England, we watch a lot of the Brit shows, but Dr. Who is not one of my fav's. I know, shoot me! lol
I plan to give you love, nurturing and just enough dysfunction to make you funny.
All mothers are slightly insane - JD Salinger
I was taking a walk through my neighborhood back when I was still preggo (and way overdue, hence the walking---I did more walking in those last two weeks than in the previous 9 months put together!), minding my own business, when what did I find in chalk-art form but this:
You could have knocked me over with a feather!
I work on a very geeky university campus though, so there is "Bad Wolf" chalk graffiti that shows up occasionally and there's a grad student who wears a Fourth Doctor scarf every day when seasonally appropriate. And when the semester started I counted 4 Doctor Who-related t-shirts spotted in one day (new students engaging in complex mating ritual I am sure).
I'm going to need to buy up all the new kids' story books that have Rory in them before they stop making them, because that's my son's name and I totally want him to grow up thinking that there's all these books about him and his adventures with the Doctor.
Jennifer, Married July 18, 2009
Maxwell Jeffrey Due 9/8/12 born 7/29/12!
Hailey Rose 12/22/14 right on time!
july 11th, 2012. 7 pounds 14 ounces of perfection!
Llamas 4 evah
It's all fun & games until somebody ends up in a cone
You don't have bigger balls than me.....mine had to be put on my chest to avoid chaffing.
Doctor Who is on Netflix!
And on Hulu in a much (much) more adult vein, I recommend "The Thick of It." Sort of like The Office but about (British) politics. Watch it now, before our babies are old enough to understand naughty words!
Llamas 4 evah


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Definición de balanced en inglés:
1Keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions: she assembled a balanced team
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- We have brought more youngsters into the team and the team has a more balanced look about it.
- Maintaining a consistent roster from year to year and signing players of similar ethnic backgrounds has helped to produce one of the most balanced, fluid teams in the world.
- It enables a balanced workload within the team and, as outlined in IBM's proposal request, is transparent to the end users.
1.1Taking everything into account; fairly judged or presented: accurate and balanced information
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- Glenny does his best to combat stereotyping and present a balanced, analytical account.
- In doing so, the author presents a balanced account of the successes and the failures of Italy's greatest prime minister of the twentieth century.
- The site purports to be a balanced presentation of information about New Zealand's future energy needs and how we might solve them.
fair, equitable, just, unbiased, unprejudiced, objective, impartial, dispassionate, in proportion, that takes everything into account
1.2(Especially of food) having different elements in the correct proportions: a healthy, balanced diet
Más ejemplos en oraciones
- Traditional, organic soy foods, incorporated into a varied, balanced diet, are healthy.
- Many health experts encourage people to incorporate soy foods into a balanced diet and discourage solely taking soy supplements.
- We ensured that he ate small amounts of good food in a balanced diet, drank lots of water and took only two supplements every day - a multivitamin/mineral tablet as well as a gram of vitamin C.
mixed, varied;
healthy, sensible, well balanced
1.3(Of a person or state of mind) having no emotion too strong or too weak; stable: a balanced personality
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- Matchmakers must avoid trying to take advantage of this situation to push services or to charge prices that would not interest the client if he or she were in a more balanced state of mind.
- Despite my rude disappointment as a child, I turned out a balanced person with realistic expectations.
- After their bath I sat on Zoe's bed and I told them both that being proud of oneself was the bedrock of a balanced personality.
level-headed, well balanced, well adjusted, sensible, practical, realistic, with one's/both feet on the ground, prudent, circumspect, pragmatic, wise, reasonable, rational, mature, stable, sane, even-tempered, commonsensical, full of common sense, judicious, sound, sober, businesslike, reliable, dependable;
calm, cool, collected, composed, {cool, calm, and collected}, serene, relaxed, at ease, confident, equable, unworried, unmoved, unemotional, cool-headed, imperturbable
informal together, laid-back, unflappable
1.4(Of an electric circuit or signal) being symmetrical with respect to a reference point, usually earth.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The voltage value is set to provide a balanced ion condition in the work space near the electrical ionizer.
- It is based on solenoid injectors with balanced valve and feedback control strategies.
- These two elements must combine in a ratio of 1: 3 to give an electrically balanced compound.
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On May 23, Sport in Society will host a Bullying Prevention Summit to celebrate the work of students athletes and advisors from Dennis-Yarmouth, Boston English High, and Assabet Valley Regional Technical High to prevent bullying in their schools and communities.
The anti-bullying summit will be a fun day centered upon interactive education and leadership development. We envision this summit as a dynamic way to celebrate the achievements of a diverse group of student leaders from across the state. We believe that students will leave this summit feeling that they are a part of a larger movement of students working to end bullying and promote inclusion in the Commonwealth. The summit will include a keynote speaker, a campus activity and lunch.
Attendance at this conference is limited to young men and women who have participated in the MIAA/Sport in Society anti-bullying trainings last summer. Applications to participate in this program will be available beginning May 1st. To learn more about the program here.


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Middle East Survey Engineering was established in the year of 2002, is today a name with innovation and excellence in civil engineering surveying.We are established as the premier engineering company in UAE, taking care of precise civil engineering surveying. Re in forced by a team of seasoned top score professional surveyors, resourceful work force and a collection of sophisticated survey instruments, MESE has involved in the execution of many prestigious projects such as interchanges, building complexes, infra structure developments and world class shopping complexes in UAE and Oman as consultant and contractor for surveying services.
To achieve the quality results in surveys we are using most modern equipments viz. Trimble R8,5800 and 5700 GPS, Trimble S6 and 5000 series Total stations, Wild theodlites, Trimble Dini digital levels Leica Auto levels etc.
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