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Race in NFL History
Four Stories of NFL Desegregation
Everyone knows the story of Jackie Robinson, the preternaturally talented black ballplayer who bravely desegregated Major League Baseball in 1947, stoically enduring racist abuse while letting his play do the talking; Robinson was named Rookie of the Year and National League MVP and starred in six World Series with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Jackie Robinson was a sports legend and a civil rights hero, fondly remembered today as one of the most beloved American citizens of the twentieth century. He is the only man ever to have his jersey number—42—retired by every Major League team.
But what if the story were more complicated? What if Jackie Robinson had been a football player instead? In fact, he was. Many who watched Robinson play college ball at UCLA insisted that his talents on the gridiron even exceeded his considerable skills on the baseball diamond. In 1939, Jackie Robinson led the entire nation in rushing yards per attempt, averaging a staggering 12 yards per carry. At the close of his UCLA career in 1941, Robinson participated in the annual All-Star Game, which pitted the nation's best college players against the NFL's strongest team. While the NFL Champion Chicago Bears won the game by a wide 37-13 margin, the fleet-footed Robinson ran circles around the Bears' unprepared defenders. Chicago defensive end Dick Plasman later said, "That Jackie Robinson is the fastest man I've ever seen in uniform. I thought [then-NFL star] Don Hutson was fast, but he could spot Don five yards and pass him by. The only time I was worried about the game was when Robinson was in there."21 Jackie Robinson may have won the Bears' respect, but his name went uncalled in the NFL draft. Though he was one of the best running back prospects to emerge from college football in the early 1940s, Jackie Robinson was black, and the NFL, like Major League Baseball, was a segregated league. Stymied by the NFL's policies of racial discrimination, Robinson abandoned his gridiron dreams to play in baseball's Negro League instead, and from there moved on to the Dodgers and his historic destiny.
But what if the story were even more complicated? What if two of Jackie Robinson's UCLA teammates, Woody Strode and Kenny Washington, had managed to break through the NFL's color barrier—becoming the "Jackie Robinsons of football," as it were—in 1946, one year before Robinson himself first ran out to play in Brooklyn's infield? Strode and Washington, whose rushing stats at UCLA were even better than Robinson's, got their chance to play in the NFL when the Cleveland Rams moved to the West Coast in 1946 and the commissioners who ran the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum wrote a provision into the club's lease requiring the team to be integrated. But Woody Strode and Kenny Washington didn't experience the same kind of success in the NFL that Jackie Robinson did with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Both players faced constant racial abuse from both opponents and teammates, and neither ever really got an opportunity to shine in the NFL game. Within three seasons, both had washed out of the league; Washington left football to join the Los Angeles Police Department, while Strode played for a few more seasons in Canada before launching a successful second career as a Hollywood film actor. Woody Strode and Kenny Washington were significant as racial trailblazers, but not, in stark contrast to Jackie Robinson, for their on-field accomplishments as pros. Over time, other black athletes followed in the two Rams' footsteps, so that by 1963, every NFL roster included at least one African-American player. But Strode and Washington mostly remembered their days in pro sports as a miserable struggle against deeply ingrained prejudice. In 1971, a reporter asked Woody Strode to reminisce about his experience as the first black man to play in an NFL game. Strode's response was telling. "If I have to integrate heaven," he said, "I don't want to go."22
But what if the story were even more complicated still? What if Woody Strode and Kenny Washington weren't really the first African-Americans to play in the NFL, because the NFL had included black players from the very moment of its founding in 1920? It's true. Fritz Pollard, a quick and elusive black halfback who had earned first-team All-American honors in 1916 while playing in the Ivy League for Brown University, was by 1920 the star player for the Akron Pros, one of the NFL's charter franchises. Pollard not only played in the NFL's first season, he led the undefeated Pros to the NFL's first championship. And the following season, he officially took over leadership of the team, becoming the NFL's first African-American head coach even while he continued to play every down as the team's best player. In all, Pollard played eight NFL seasons, winning posthumous induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005. And Fritz Pollard wasn't the only black athlete to play in the early NFL; at least 13 African-American players appeared on league rosters between 1920 and 1933. One of them was Paul Robeson, who has to be considered one of the most talented Americans—of any race—of all time. Before going on to achieve worldwide notoriety as a singer, actor, civil rights spokesman, and radical political activist, Robeson played three seasons in the NFL in order to earn money to pay his way through Columbia University Law School.
George P. Marshall and the Segregation of the NFL
Historian Charles Kenyatta Ross, who has written a history of the integration of the National Football League, suggests that the league's early tolerance for a limited number of black players was rooted in pro football's marginal status in American culture at the time. As long as the NFL occupied a place on the unpopular fringes of the country's sporting life, teams could get away with breaching the segregationist norms of Jim Crow-era racial practice by using talented black players. Later, however, as the game became more popular and NFL teams found they had more to lose by alienating racially prejudiced whites, black players were slowly purged from NFL rosters. Ross suggests that Washington Redskins owner George Preston Marshall, who was an influential leader among early NFL executives and also happened to be an inveterate racist, convinced the league's other owners to impose a firm (if unofficial) color line on the NFL after 1933. Zero black players appeared on NFL rosters between 1933 and 1946; even after Woody Strode and Kenny Washington began the process of re-integrating the league, Marshall's Redskins remained lily-white until 1962, when appalled Kennedy Administration officials threatened to boot the Redskins out of their publicly-owned stadium in the District of Columbia if the team continued its blatantly segregationist policies.
While George P. Marshall eventually lost his power to maintain the NFL's color line, the league-wide segregationist policy he instituted in 1933 did hold for more than a decade, shutting out talented black athletes like Jackie Robinson and creating the false impression that pro football had always been a white game. By the time the NFL's whites-only era ended in 1946, very few people even remembered the league's more racially tolerant origins; early black players like Fritz Pollard and Paul Robeson had been all but forgotten. Thus, while the struggle of Woody Strode and Kenny Washington to integrate the NFL appeared to be a battle against ancient racist traditions, it was in actuality a fight against quite recently constructed—though no less powerful—walls of discrimination.
The Black Quarterback and the Modern NFL
Football's color line broke in 1946 and there has been no place in the game for overt racial discrimination since George Preston Marshall's Redskins were forced to abandon the principle of white supremacy in 1962. The number of African-American players in pro football has steadily risen ever since. By 1970, African-Americans made up about 30% of the league's players. Today, blacks constitute a significant majority—about 70%—of the NFL's on-field personnel. Still, a measure of racial controversy has continued to bedevil the league, even into the twenty-first century. Many of the modern NFL's most contentious issues regarding race have derived from the seeming existence of informal patterns of positional segregation within ostensibly integrated football teams. Even as African-Americans came to form a majority of the NFL population, certain positions on the football field—especially the most important and prestigious position, quarterback—continued to be filled mostly by whites. While there was never any official prohibition against black quarterbacks in the NFL, African American players long struggled to get a chance to shine in the game's most crucial and celebrated position.
The NFL's longtime shortage of black quarterbacks seems to have been a product of powerful racial stereotypes, operating at every level of the game to push white and black athletes to play different positions. Unlike sports such as basketball and soccer, which require every player to be able to perform all aspects of the game, football is a game played by highly specialized positional experts. Some players play offense, others play defense; some throw, some catch; some run, some kick; some block, some tackle. Every player is slotted into one particular position on the field and each position requires a narrowly specific skill set, developed over many years of practice. When a kid turns out to play football, his coach has to decide where to play him. Should he be a lineman, a halfback, a wideout, or a kicker? It seems that deep-seated American racial stereotypes, which assumed that blacks were naturally more gifted athletes while whites possessed superior mental capabilities, led coaches at every level of the game—from Pop Warner to the pros—to favor one race over the other for particular positions on the team. A talented young black athlete was likely to be viewed by coaches as possessing advantages in speed and quickness and thus developed into a running back, wide receiver, or defensive back. Meanwhile, a promising white youngster was likely to be seen as having mental sharpness and leadership qualities and thus groomed to play quarterback. Racial stereotypes thus became self-fulfilling prophecies, as black domination of the speed positions and white control of the QB spot seemed to confirm assumptions that each race had certain natural advantages over the other.
There was never any overt rule against black athletes playing quarterback in the NFL. As early as 1953, the Chicago Bears' aptly named Willie Thrower became the first African-American to take a snap behind center in the modern NFL era. Still, Thrower was a career backup, and for several decades black quarterbacks appeared on league rosters with stunning infrequency. No African-American became his team's regular starter at quarterback until the Denver Broncos' Marlin Briscoe in 1968. The NFL's first truly successful superstar black quarterback was probably Warren Moon, who began his career with the Houston Oilers in 1983 at the age of 28 after spending the previous five seasons playing for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League. Despite his late start in the NFL, Moon won selection to nine Pro Bowls and the NFL Hall of Fame. In 1988, the Washington Redskins' Doug Williams became the first black quarterback to lead his team to victory in the Super Bowl, winning the game's MVP award by throwing for 340 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-10 blowout of the Denver Broncos.
Many hailed the Redskins' victory and Williams's impressive performance as a kind of civil rights milestone. But not even Super Bowl success could lay old stereotypes to rest. In the very same month that Williams led the 'Skins to victory, popular CBS Sports football commentator Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder sparked a firestorm of controversy by invoking the oldest of racist stereotypes. "The black is a better athlete to begin with," Snyder said, "because he's been bred to be that way-because of his high thighs and big thighs that goes up into his back, and they can jump higher and run faster because of their bigger thighs. This goes all the way back to the Civil War when during slave trading, the owner-the slave owner would breed his big black to his big woman so he could have a big black kid."23 CBS, embarrassed by the controversy Snyder's raw comments generated, quickly fired Jimmy the Greek. But there is little question that many football fans, and even NFL insiders, shared Snyder's assumptions about race and football.
In the 1990s and 2000s, black quarterbacks became more and more prevalent in the NFL. Randall Cunningham, Jeff Blake, Kordell Stewart, Steve McNair, Donovan McNabb, Daunte Culpepper, Michael Vick, and Vince Young all followed in Warren Moon's footsteps by winning selection to football's all-star game, the Pro Bowl, at the quarterback position. In 2007, black quarterbacks took snaps for fifteen different teams, an all-time high.
But even today, black quarterbacks appear to be subject to a higher level of scrutiny and pressure than their white counterparts. As recently as 2003, conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, who had been hired by ESPN to fill a kind of "Jimmy the Greek role" as a populist commentator on its NFL Sunday Countdown broadcast, suggested that McNabb—the superstar black field general of the Philadelphia Eagles—wasn't really as good as "the media" portrayed him to be. "I think what we've had here," Limbaugh said, "is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. There is a little hope invested in McNabb, and he got a lot of credit for the performance of this team that he didn't deserve. The defense carried this team." Like Jimmy the Greek fifteen years before him, Limbaugh was immediately canned by the network. But his comments resonated with a certain segment of the NFL fan base, which sympathized with his suggestion that the recent proliferation of black quarterbacks was somehow a product of "political correctness." McNabb responded to Limbaugh's comments with an understated call for a colorblind NFL. "It's sad that you've got to go to skin color," the quarterback said. "I thought we were through with that whole deal."


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By Robert Dozier, U.S. Army Installation Management CommandApril 22, 2013
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (April 18, 2012) -- Fort Sam Houston and area youth witnessed preparations at final dress rehearsal of the 2013 U.S. Army Soldier Show.
Girl Scouts, Brownies and members of local youth centers and their leaders were invited to come to historic Fort Sam Houston Theatre to see the show and to meet the cast and crew in a first-ever back-stage VIP pass tour.
"I serve Fort Sam and Lackland and 21 surrounding counties in Southwest Texas region," said Raitza Garcia, recruitment specialist for Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. "It is important for some of the girls who are not military to experience and understand and share the culture captured in this show."
"Ready and Resilient" is the name and spirit of the 2013 U.S. Army Soldier Show. The show opened April 19, 20 and 21 at the theater, the home of Army Entertainment.
"I've seen three Soldier Shows throughout the years," said Garcia, an Army spouse for over 20 years. "I can't wait to see the new show with my girls."
The 75-minute show by active duty, Army Reserve and Army National Guard Soldiers features sophisticated dance and music designed as a Broadway-styled stage production. The performers and crew hope to demonstrate how Soldiers and their families maintain readiness and resiliency.
This was the first time leaders of area youth groups were invited to see the final dress rehearsal. "We only have one rule for you today, and that is to have fun," said Soldier Show Artistic Director Victor Hurtado. "If you feel like clapping hands, singing along, standing up or dancing, go ahead."
Hurtado promises there is something for everyone who watches the show. Every American, military-affiliated or not, will be able to see themselves in the show.
At the end of the dress rehearsal, the audience met each of the performers on stage and then went backstage to see the where costume changes were made and stage props were kept.
"The show was awesome. It made me smile, it made me laugh and it made me cry," said Stephanie West, a member of the Fort Sam Houston Youth Center. "I felt so many emotions about the stories they told. It was breathtaking."
Overall, the cast and crew appeared to be well prepared and there were no obvious stage calamities; however every dress rehearsal butterfly was quieted by the desire to perform.
"What you can't express in words, music helps you to do that," said SPC Millie Sneed, one of 15 Soldier-performers. "What I'm most looking forward to in this tour is to uplift and inspire people. I'm living my dream and I want to share my talent and gifts to inspire others to live their own dream."
"I brought my youth group so they could see the Soldiers and get an idea of what they go through every day," said Shona Smith, Child Youth programs assistant at Fort Sam Houston Middle School Teen Youth Center. "My daughter wants to join the military when she is older and that makes me afraid, but I want to support her in every way I can."
"I came to the show because of my mom. She's an inspiration to me in every way," said Mala Bradford, member of the Fort Sam Houston Youth Center. "She is strong emotionally and physically and I'm proud of everything she does."
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the modern U.S. Army Soldier Show and includes tributes to the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, the 75th anniversary of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," the 60th anniversary of the Armistice of the Korean War, and the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Vietnam War.
After the opening at Fort Sam Houston, the 2013 U.S. Army Soldier Show heads to Fort Sill, Fort Bliss, Fort Huachuca and White Sands Missile Range for tour dates in May.
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Europe's Businesses Warn Politicians, Central Bankers: It's Getting Worse Out There
European bankers and politicians have rightly been focusing on the euro-zone's debt crisis, but they need also to glance at some of the warnings coming from Europe's businesses this earnings season: The outlook is getting worse, raw material costs remain stubbornly high, we're worried, and we're having to look again at our own costs.
With early economic data also pointing towards a slowdown in Europe, the message from business is worrying. It's more worrying for the euro-zone because, in contrast to the first quarter, some of the warnings are now coming from German powerhouses.
Take Siemens for example. Chief Executive Peter Loescher thinks manufacturing is so far staying robust, but the economic upswing in general is losing momentum. He sees a lot of potential risks, including the debt crisis in Europe and the U.S., fluctuating raw material prices and concerns that some of the emerging markets that have driven recent growth will overheat.
Kurt Bock at chemicals giant BASF was starker: "The company expects growth to slow in the second half of the year due to worries afflicting the markets. Those concerns are "the development of the euro as well as the debt situation in some European countries and the U.S."
This downturn in confidence was born out by the data Thursday, with the European Commission's monthly survey of economic sentiment showing that businesses and consumers became significantly less confident about their prospects in July, with manufacturers experienced a drop in export orders.
The survey also recorded a drop in inflation expectations among businesses, but earnings reports from many large international companies fail to bear that out: French dairy giant Danone, for example, expects costs to rise between 6% and 9% this year and to remain volatile, but it will offset the increase by boosting productivity and raising prices for its products.
Not all businesses are doing badly, and indeed the German car makers VW, BMW and Daimler are still reporting surging profits as consumers in China snap up their cars. Europe's consumer-facing tech companies and their suppliers are also being dragged along by the continued popularity of products made by Apple and its Asian peers.
But even VW warned that exchange rate and interest rate volatility as well as commodity prices will take some of the gloss off profits this year.
The other problem Europe's businesses face is the banks that lend them money. The banks have had a torrid earnings season so far, with the need to meet new regulations by spending and hoarding money now exacerbated by a steep downturn in trading at their investment banking arms. That means they're willing to lend businesses even less.
Euro-zone banks tightened their credit standards for companies in the second quarter as the economic outlook darkened, and they expect to set tougher requirements in the months ahead, the European Central Bank said Thursday. Demand for corporate loans rose in the second quarter, but on the whole lending to business remains subdued and this is likely to continue, it added.


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Predicting China's Impact on Global Energy Is Impossible
How will China change the global energy equation in the next five years?
TODD MYERS: Two things are worth remembering about energy markets and economic growth.
First, from 2001 to 2011, worldwide natural-gas consumption increased by more than a third. During that same time, the price of natural gas fell by about one-third. Will the increase in Chinese demand for energy push costs higher or will it encourage increased production and technology? It is impossible to know.
Second, in 2009, President Obama's economic advisers released projections arguing that passage of his economic "stimulus" package would cause unemployment to peak at 8%, falling to 5% in the fall of 2013. Instead, unemployment peaked at 10% and is still at 7.3%. Making predictions about the United States economy, which is relatively transparent, is extremely difficult. Predicting the course of the Chinese economy is even more difficult.
Predicting the course of economies and prices has stymied many. Even predicting individual sectors is difficult. In the late 1960, Congress poured hundreds of millions of dollars into building a supersonic commercial aircraft, known as the SST, with Boeing. As one congressman put it "the history of transportation, not only the history of aviation, is the history of ever increasing speed–and the SST is the latest step in this direction." One decade later, however, it became clear that the SST was not the future.
I leave it to entrepreneurs to innovate and adjust to the changing energy market, no matter what happens in China.
Todd Myers (@WAPolicyGreen) is environmental director at the Washington Policy Center in Seattle and author of "Eco-Fads: How the Rise of Trendy Environmentalism is Harming the Environment." He also serves on the Washington State Salmon Recovery Council.
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- Oakland girl, 13, declared brain-dead after tonsil surgery
You can't read the sad story of Jahi McMath, the 13-year-old girl on life support in Oakland, without understanding that at bottom, this is a tale of a mother's guilt.
Not simply grief, though there is plenty of that. But guilt, savage, unforgiving guilt. Jahi's mother, Nailah Winkfield, blames herself for the decision to have Jahi undergo a tonsillectomy that went wrong.
In my colleague Julia Prodis Sulek's finely crafted piece earlier this week from Children's Hospital in Oakland, Winkfield laid that guilt on herself, harshly but still understandably.
"It was me. It was all me," she said. "She didn't do it. She just followed what I said. So I feel like it would be so wrong of me to let them pull that plug on her."
In this sense, the people who say, "Sadly, the girl is brain-dead. The mother is clutching at a fallacy," miss the emotional core of the story. Their critique is rational but not compassionate.
If Jahi had been on life support after something risky the 13-year-old had undertaken herself -- a skateboarding accident, say, or crossing the street against traffic -- the dynamics might be different.
I don't pretend to speak for Winkfield. But I do know that most parents would not lay as much blame on themselves in such a situation.
It would cause profound grief, yes, but it would be hard to trace to a parental decision. In that sense, it would be easier to let a child go within a few days of a finding of brain death.
In Winkfield's case, her comments suggest that pulling the plug on Jahi means sentencing herself to a lifetime of remorse. There is no returning, and, in her mind, no forgiving. To me, that goes a long way toward explaining why she continued her stubborn crusade to keep her daughter on a breathing machine.
And yes, I know: In the public relations battle that has defined this story so far, Winkfield has the advantage. She is the grieving mother, unable to believe a common operation could go so wrong. The hospital, meanwhile, is bound by privacy laws from discussing the difficulties the surgeons encountered.
I know the argument for ending this travail is formidable. No operation, even one as common as a tonsillectomy, is without risk. That's why patients are asked to sign statements saying they understand the potential danger.
Ultimately, there are limits to our compassion. One goal of health care reform is to limit needless procedures. And keeping a 13-year old girl on life support when she's brain-dead defines an irrational procedure. No one can base medicine on hope for a miracle.
So yes, the right thing is to pull the plug and let Jahi go. She will be in a better place than she is now, as a shell of a human being kept going by technology. Yet we should understand the travail of a mother who trusted medical authorities once and does not want to trust them again.
The guilt will not vanish. My guess is that it will haunt Winkfield the rest of her life, even though it's likely she blames herself needlessly. A lot of other parents would have made the choices she did.
In the end, a judge did Jahi's mother a favor by ruling that the hospital could end life support as early as Monday. He made a decision that she never would have been able to make herself. In her mind, she has the consolation -- a poor, small consolation -- of having fought for her daughter as long as she could.
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Friday, May 29, 2009
Listening to old interview tapes
5 comments:
- iMADEtheBBC said...
I have a question David.
I've often wondered about the copyright/ownership of these interview tapes.
Could you, if you so desired, publish these yourself?
- 5:42 pm
- David Hepworth said...
If I really wanted to, I think I could. But I don't want to.
- 6:29 pm
- Sid Smith said...
Whenever I'm transcribing the interviews I do, I always end up squirming at how long it takes me to ask the actual question. "For God's sake, get on with it!" I usually end up shouting at myself.
- 2:50 pm
- Nigel said...
I sometimes, for fun, when doing a documentary interview on video pretend that it's in real time, live, and try and make my questions sound vaguely sensible. The end results are no where as good as my nod, grunts, and cajoles. I then stop performing and concentrate on getting a result. I'd be interested to know if Lynn Truss provides us with the unedited tapes.
- 4:56 am
- rob said...
I lasted ten minutes - the tapes are clearly in no condition to be broadcast - hissy, mumbling and clattery.
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- TV and Lust feature on Saturnine Games and Antipole.
- Pure Nintendo interview about Antipole.
Nintendo Life - 8 / 10
"With its twist on platformer gameplay and ridiculous amount of content, Antipole would make a great addition to anyone's DSiWare collection, especially fans of the genre looking for something new. The main campaign is over quick, but the myriad of other challenges and play modes makes this a title worth visiting again and again. It's fun, challenging and bears an attractive price; this is one game that shouldn't be passed up."
Nintendo World Report - 8.5 / 10
"Antipole is a surprisingly deep, content-heavy game that's a steal for $5."
"Antipole is a very fun, imaginative platformer with lots of content and a great premise. DSi and 3DS owners would be silly to pass it up."
Nintendo Universe - 9 / 10
"This exhilarating side-scrolling platformer sees players step into the role of the stylish Johnny Hurricane, granted with an ability that sees the title's unique concept allow it to rub shoulders with the very best in the genre."
"Antipole makes a daring, and exceptional, attempt to steer the genre in new directions. Packed full of content, its 500 Nintendo DSi Point price is a generous one, and a game that most certainly should be on your handheld."
Cubed3 - 8 / 10
Saturnine Games has delivered one of the tightest and most enjoyable experiences on the Nintendo DSiWare download service with Antipole. Fusing standard action platform antics with dastardly death traps and a fantastic gravitational twist to add in plenty of necessary strategic thought, for just 500 Nintendo Points this is easily one of the highlights of Nintendo's download service. It can only be hoped that a sequel is also being worked on for the 3DS eShop or WiiWare so fans do not have to wait too long for more of this gaming goodness.
Nintendo Power - Recommended
"It's a fantastic play mechanic that can be used in numerous clever ways, such as sending missiles back at enemies and leading foes to their doom. Combined with genre staples like moving platforms and switch puzzles, you get a very compelling and fun game. The game also has a smooth difficulty curve and plenty of replay value."
Received two 2011 Nintendo Power Awards nominations: "Game of the Year - Downloadable" and "Game of the Year - Overall".
Destructoid - 8 / 10
"As stated before, Antipole reminds me in many ways of N and VVVVVV -- indie games that simplify gameplay down to its purest essence yet are still able to provide a hearty challenge. Making the game any longer would have run the risk of spreading the gravity gimmick or level variety thin, so I'm happy to say that it struck the right balance. There's nothing like solid platforming action to make those stale Nintendo Points useful again!"
Nintendo Okie - 4 / 5
"Antipole takes great platforming, stellar visuals, wonderful level design and tosses in the ability to change gravity itself and mixes it into a brilliant casserole of platforming deliciousness. If you're the type of person that likes a challenging game experience and a lesson in how platforming should be done I wouldn't hesitate to pick up Antipole."
"... some of the best platforming experiences I've ever had in a game in a long time."
Gamers Daily News - 8 / 10
"With competent platforming mechanics, a reasonable stage variety, and Antipole just being good fun in a classical style, it's pretty easy to recommend for purchase."
Xbox Hornet - 8.5 / 10
"If you like good electronic music and/or good hard platforming; stop reading right now and get this game."
Console Obsession - 9 / 10
"Antipole is a superb game, and one that shows that it is possible to make a great Indie Game despite the huge amount of rubbish that can be found on Xbox Live. Saturnine Games haven't invented the mechanic of gravity manipulation, but they've certainly lovingly adopted it and utilized it expertly in this highly recommended game."
Honest Gamers - 9 / 10
"Antipole is everything a basic 2D platformer, a flash game, and an indie game should be. It's simple, loaded with content, inexpensive, challenging, inventive, and it's a major blast! It really puts your timing and skill to the test and requires you to think as well as act."
Armless Octopus - 4 / 5
"In Antipole, I found a well balanced platformer. During my experience I was eased into the difficulty curve like a child learning to ride a bicycle with training wheels. The smooth transition into two wheels as the difficulty gradually ramps up is what I believe most gamers will find appealing. My time with this title was well spent, and I don't doubt that others will share my feelings towards it as well. For those of you looking for a more forgiving Megaman type game, I think you've come to the right place."
Indie Gamer Chick - #3 on Top 10 List
"Antipole is clearly one of the best games on the marketplace. It strips out the bullshit and leaves us with innovative platforming at it's very core. It features good graphics and a really inspired soundtrack. The concept is well realized, never being boring or tedious. And there's some awesome gaming homages in here, like a boss fight that will be familiar to fans of Super Metroid."
The Indie Mine - 4 / 5
"It would've been very easy for the developers to simply reuse the featured gravity-altering device in repetitive ways and try to cash in on what could've been a gimmick. Instead, Antipole blends a little bit of platforming with a varied puzzle structure in a fun and rewarding way. It really makes you feel like you've accomplished something when you finally figure out the trick to progressing past a difficult area."
"Holding the R Button flips gravity in a wide circle surrounding Johnny as you run and jump through Antipole's stages, letting him walk on the ceiling, make longer jumps than he otherwise could have and send enemies plummeting to their doom – upward. It's a lot of fun just to play around with, and paired with Johnny's quick-firing pulse gun and the constant timer on the screen, the pace always feel electric."


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The death of a 20-year-old Marietta resident last November labeled as "suspicious" is garnering national attention as family and friends of the victim are pushing for a resolution to the case.
The body of Jaleayah Davis was found on Interstate 77 near the Emerson Avenue exit in West Virginia, two-tenths of a mile from her car on Nov. 19.
Jaleayah Davis sustained multiple traumatic injuries in the incident after apparently being struck by a vehicle, according to police.
According to her family, Jaleayah Davis had contacted her sister three times early Nov. 19 crying and upset asking to meet her. The two agreed to meet at the Williamstown rest stop off I-77, but Jaleayah never arrived.
Since that time, the victim's family has been seeking answers as to what led to her death.
"How do you move forward, when you don't know what happened?" asked Kim Davis, Jaleayah's mother.
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The Wood County Sheriff's Office is waiting on forensic evidence from the West Virginia Criminal Identification Bureau (CIB). No time frame is available for when the evidence report will be received.
Once evidence from the CIB is received, it will be forwarded to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the West Virginia Medical Examiner for analysis.
A campaign by friends of Jaleayah Davis on Facebook and Twitter is drawing national attention, including from Headline News investigative reporter Nancy Grace.
Source: Wood County Sheriff's Office; Justice for Jaleayah Facebook page.
Last week, a Twitter campaign was launched by friends, who have been waging a social media war to keep interest in the case alive.
"We didn't believe that people actually forgot about Jaleayah, but it made us feel good that so many people want to help," Davis said.
Megan Thompson, 21, of Federal Street, Little Hocking, contacted Headline News investigative reporter Nancy Grace through Twitter, who responded by asking for the story.
Thompson, who did not know Jaleayah, said other celebrities such as singer Joe Nichols have also tweeted support for the cause and the Facebook page, Justice for Jaleayah.
"I just feel like her family should have justice and nothing is getting done," Thompson said. "I just wanted to do what I could."
Nichols, a country music singer, tweeted "Help this cause! #JusticeForJaleayah." Other tweets included former NBA player Walter McCarty saying "RT #JusticeForJaleayah" which he sent to personalities such as actress Ashley Judd and University of Kentucky basketball player Anthony Davis, considered a top NBA prospect.
Another tweet stated "One thing I really care about this summer is getting #JusticeForJaleayah."
Calls to Headline News and Grace seeking comment were not returned this week.
Along with Grace and Nichols, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, and Robin McGraw, wife of TV's Dr. Phil, have expressed support for the cause, Davis and Thompson said.
Jenna Snyder, 19, of Waterford Road, Marietta, graduated with Jaleayah's younger sister, Taubi, and said a group of supporters has begun making T-shirts, bracelets and decals for car windows to support the cause.
Social media is just the latest effort to keep generating interest in the case and pressure for a resolution.
"It's exciting. I think that it will definitely get out there," Snyder said. "Taubi and her mom, Kim, will get the justice they need."
Officials with the Wood County Sheriff's Office said they are continuing their investigation into the case and are awaiting return of evidence from the state Criminal Identification Bureau (CIB).
"We're kind of at a holding point, waiting on results still from the lab," said Wood County Sheriff's Sgt. Camille Waldron.
According to police, the accident was described as "suspicious" because it was a single-vehicle car accident that had questions surrounding the circumstances.
That classification has not changed.
Supporters have been calling the incident a "murder" on Facebook and Twitter, but law enforcement said they have no evidence to support that claim at this time.
"The rumor mill is running rampant," Waldron said. "They're forming their own opinions. What they're basing their opinions on, I haven't a clue."
The sheriff's office has no timetable for when the investigation into the death will be completed.
Patrons of the cause said they hope the national attention will be positive in the case and lead to a quicker resolution.
"In the end, I want to know what happened to my daughter," Davis said. "If there's people involved in this, I want them prosecuted."


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The most loved Punjabi actor cum singer Diljit Dosanjh says it's Sonam Bajwa in 'Punjab 1984' and not Kulraj Randhawa. It has been heated rumor that Kulraj Randhawa is going to play the lead actress role in upcoming Punjabi movie 'Punjab 1984'. But recently Diljit put the rumor to rest by clearing that Sonam Bajwa will be playing the lead actress role in his opposite. Sonam Bajwa recently played a role in Punjabi movie 'Best of Luck' in opposite of Gippy Grewal.
There were fake posters on many of the websites that Diljit said are fake.
Diljit said that the movie 'Punjab 1984' directed by Anurag SIngh has a intense story of a mother and son.
The posters for the movie are yet to be released. The poster will be done by 'Thirsty Fish'. The owner of Thirsty Fish told that the work on the posters of the movie will start from mid of September.
Movie: 'Punjab 1984'
Release Date: April 2014
Star Casts: Diljit Dosanjh, Sonam Bajwa, Kirron Kher, Pawan Malhotra and others
Director: Anurag Singh
Writer: Anurag Singh
Producers: Gunbir Singh Sandhu and Manmord Sidhu
Production: White Hill Productions
Music: Nick
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Brown included a 245-foot-tall clock tower modeled after the 12th century bell tower in the Seville Cathedral in Spain to serve as a welcoming beacon on the Bay. Construction was started in 1896, and the Union Depot and Ferry House—quickly shortened by public use to the Ferry Building—received its first scheduled arrival in July 1898. Passengers off the boats passed through an elegant two-story public area with repeating interior arches and overhead skylights. At its peak, as many as 50,000 people a day commuted by ferry.
The opening of the Bay Bridge in 1936, and the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937, along with mass use of the automobile, rendered the daily commute by ferryboat obsolete. By the 1950's, the Ferry Building was used very little. The historic interior of the Ferry Building structure, with its mosaic floor and dramatic brick and ceramic arches, was lost in 1955, when much of the large open hall was filled in to accommodate standard office space with some retail use and general public use on the ground floor. To cast the once prominent structure into further obscurity, the double-deck Embarcadero Freeway was built across the face of the Ferry Building in 1957, and remained for 35 years.
By the 1970's, automobile traffic overwhelmed thoroughfares in and out of the city. Marin ferry service resumed to provide transportation alternatives. In 1989, the Loma Prieta Earthquake caused extensive damage to the Embarcadero Freeway, providing the impetus to tear it down in 1991. The Ferry Building and the central waterfront were once again visible and ready to embrace a bright future. > Next


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> server to perform a Notes Agent backup? If this doesn't make sense, e-mail
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Tonight's Debate: Six Issues to Watch
By Danny Yadron and Julian E. Barnes
The Republican presidential candidates will gather for their second foreign policy debate in 10 days Tuesday night in Washington – the field's 11th debate of the cycle.
Seem a bit redundant? It may well be. But there have been several developments in foreign affairs and the campaign during the past week that could make for some interesting dialogue. The event is hosted by CNN as well as the conservative-leaning Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. Join Washington Wire for the live-blogging marathon at 8 p.m. EST.
1. What to do about defense cuts? With the failure of the supercommittee, the Pentagon faces deep cuts of about $500 billion to $600 billion over 10 years. The candidates will likely condemn those cuts. But will any offer a concrete plan to avoiding the cuts, which are due to go into effect in January 2013, just as the next presidential term begins?
2. How much has Herman Cain studied? The former Godfather's Pizza CEO's poll numbers have taken a hit this month as he faced accusations of sexual harassment, which he denied, and a few bobbles on foreign policy. Last week, Mr. Cain appeared to be confused about what exactly the U.S. had done in Libya and erroneously linked the Taliban and Libya's new government. Also, during the last debate, when moderators asked Mr. Cain if Pakistan was a friend or a foe, he replied, "We don't know." Did Mr. Cain hit the briefing books? Or will he try to keep his mouth shut and avoid self-inflicted wounds?
3. What about the unrest in Egypt? Look for the Republican candidates to be asked about the military council leading the country and the transition to democracy. Candidates could criticize the Obama administration's support for the military, or they could raise doubts about the participation in future elections by the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic political movement.
4. Who dislikes Iran the most? Look for the candidates to be asked how they would curb Iranian influence in the Middle East, particularly in Iraq. The candidates will likely criticize the Obama administration's failed negotiations with the Iraqis to keep a long-term presence in Iraq. What sort of troop presence would they prefer in the country? How would they explain that to a war-weary public? What's their take on intensifying violence in Syria, and should the U.S. intervene to unseat Syrian President Bashir Assad?
5. How does Newt Gingrich react to being a front-runner? Since the last debate, talk of a "Gingrich surge" has turned from speculation to a reality, according to recent national polls as well as some surveys in early primary and caucus states. Expect Mr. Gingrich to be standing front and center next to Mitt Romney and to get his fair share of questions. The former House speaker has wooed conservatives this year almost entirely with his debate performances. How will he chide the moderators this time, and is he more willing to attack his rivals?
6. How does Rep. Ron Paul explain being Ron Paul? The Texas congressman is well-versed on matters abroad, but if he has one liability with GOP primary voters it's his libertarian views on foreign policy. He has previously said Iran should be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon and that Israel would be better off fending for itself. Those positions are a problem for more hawkish Republicans and evangelicals concerned about the Jewish state.
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Great B&B with Inside Jacuzzi Tub for 2!!!!!Posted Jan 3, 2015
Pros: This place was great. The hospitality was very welcoming and warming. The owners are very f
I took my now Fiance here for a romantic evening stay and it was definetely worth it. The Bordeaux Rose Suite was AMAZING! It is very old school looking with great decorations and home feeling. The suite also has a fire place in it!!! That was great to sit by and watch tv after we soaked in the jacuzzi tub....... together. That was my favorite part about this hotel. The separated shower and jacuzzi. I am 6'1 230 lbs and my fiance is 5'9 170 and we fit inside the tub pretty comfortably. The bed was amazing and felt like we were laying on a cloud. Overall great stay.
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A wonderful place to get out of the storm.Posted Dec 15, 2014 on Hotels
Mill Rose Inn was great. We were welcome at the front door by Terry who showed us around the Inn and to our room, he was very kind and thorough. The room was great, with a large bathroom, entry way, and large bedroom with plenty of sitting area and comfortable bed. We will be staying hear again in the future.
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The Garden is decorated with roses, dahlia and bougainvillea. The indoor is full of orchids which make it very relaxing. We were served with champagne for breakfast. The only thing we would like to improve is the shower. Over all we had a good time staying there
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Breathtaking GardenPosted Jul 4, 2014 on Hotels
Mill Rose Inn is an old-fashioned, full-service B&B. The garden is amazing. It has a gazebo with a hot tub which guests can reserve for private use in one-hour segments.The rooms are beautifully furnished. Breakfast was delicious. There is complimentary wine and brandy in the rooms. The host is very friendly and helpful.
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Luxurious getaway!Posted May 30, 2014
Pros: Everything!! From the complimentary beverages in the room to the desserts to the bed and the jacuzzi and the hot tub and the breakfast :)
Cons: Terry seemed a bit less excited to have us than what we have experienced at other B&Bs that we've stayed at, but maybe it was because of the holiday
Location: Short walk from the beach; there are a few restaurants nearby, but we opted to avoid the Memorial Day traffic and have Chinese food
We spent the entire night in the hotel since we are from around the area and had been to Half Moon Bay several times before. This was our first stay at Mill Rose Inn. The bed is soooo comfortable! I wish we would have more time to relax in it. Our room had a jacuzzi tub that was HUGE as well as a fireplace that was nice to sit by at night. Terry has a very extensive movie collection that even had new movies like 12 Years a Slave. We watched a couple in our room while enjoying the complimentary beverages and cheese plate. At night, we spent an hour in the hot tub surround by plants/flowers with a view to the stars. I feel like there is so much left to enjoy and explore at this B&B and we will definitely be back again!!!
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I Stand Here Ironing
by Tillie Olsen
I Stand Here Ironing Quotes
Find the perfect quote to float your boat. Shmoop breaks down key quotations from I Stand Here Ironing.
Language and Communication Quotes
"I wish you would manage the time to come in and talk with me about your daughter" (1).
Women and Femininity Quotes
I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron. (1)
Poverty Quotes
[...] I worked or looked for work and for Emily's father, who "could no longer endure" (he wrote in his good-bye note) "sharing want with us." (8)
Power Quotes
"She's a youngster who needs help and whom I'm deeply interested in helping." (2)


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Tucson Clean and Beautiful gets new executive director after nearly 30 years.
Tucson Clean and Beautiful gets new executive director after nearly 30 years.
Residents hope to turn Chiricahua National Monument into national park.
Bridges and underpasses allow for safer passage, habitat connectivity in Arizona
University students visit the city to learn about global conditions
Service oversees hundreds of parks and monuments across the country.
Tucson Audubon Society holds 5th annual festival focusing on nature.
Cooperative Extension offers many programs in Arizona.
Anthropologist is holding discussions about people and public lands in Arizona.
Volunteers will map flows for waterway that's vital to people and wildlife.
Tucson researchers are seeking clues from rural Indiana communities.
Tucson Audubon Society's New Executive Director
Advocates for Snake Preservation conducts outreach programs on venomous reptiles, other species.
Abundant blooms are providing growing opportunities for the aggressive bees.
Mt. Lemmon Water District's manager says present provisions are more than adequate.
Residents in southern Arizona are fighting an invasive, resilient species that threatens the Sonoran Desert way of life.
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Another Losing Investment for John Paulson
John Paulson may not have enough buckets to catch all his leaky investments. First, his bank stocks went kaboom. Then he bought Hewlett-Packard at exactly the wrong time. The gold mining investments went south. And now: Coal.
One of the stocks in Paulson's portfolio, Alpha Natural Resources, is getting clobbered today after the company and rival Walter Energy warned that output for steelmaking-coal will fall short of expectations. (The warning also is whacking railroad stocks today. Given Paulson's luck this year, he probably bought a bunch of those stocks recently.)
Paulson's bet on Alpha Natural Resources is a relatively small chunk of his portfolio, but it is another ill-timed wager this year from the man who made a fortune from smart wagers against subprime bonds. Paulson started buying Alpha Natural Resources stock during the first quarter of this year, according to regulatory filings.
At the point Paulson first disclosed owning 12 million shares of Alpha Natural Resources stock as of March 31, the shares were worth $712 million. Paulson did sell about two-thirds of his investment in Alpha Natural Resources, according to his latest stock-holding disclosures as of June 30.
But as of today, the coal company's stock has shriveled by 57% since his first investment disclosure at the end of the first quarter. Ouch. All those worries about the health of the global economy apparently aren't good for those coal companies tied to the health of the global economy.
And just today, Paulson's now 3.4 million shares in Alpha Natural Resources — assuming he still owns them all — have cost the hedge-fund investor roughly $5 million since the close of trading yesterday.
That may be couch-cushion money for a rich guy, but after Paulson's Annus Horribilis, he doesn't need to spring any more leaks.
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Here in Portland, there probably won't be too much debate on who will be favored, so why not take part in a national game, as we watch Joe Biden maintain his composure at what will sure to be some very entertaining remarks from the beauty queen from Alaska? Aside from the levy of drinking games (this one preferred), there's also a lovely game of Sarah Palin Bingo that will sure to delight.
Click here for the site where you can print the Palin Bingo cards – four versions plus a template to create your very own. Brilliant.
I'll be heading to the Bagdad Theatre for tonight's festivities, and they will be festive. But should this place be just too packed, thanks to all the advertising Bagdad has been getting, here are the other options of VP Debate watch parties for your viewing delight (er… anguish) tonight.


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Albuquerque Chapter of the ASA
Affiliation with Mu Sigma Rho
Mu Sigma Rho is the national honorary society for statistics. Its purpose is to promote and encourage scholarly activity in statistics, and the recognition of outstanding achievement among the students in eligible academic institutions.
Historical Background
In February, 2005, the National Mu Sigma Rho approved a proposal that Chapters of the American Statistical Association to become an affiliate chapter of Mu Sigma Rho. This decision allows students from New Mexico who do not attend schools with Mu Sigma Rho chapters to become members through a process coordinated by the Albuquerque Chapter of the ASA (ACASA). This would provide an opportunity for the ACASA to pursue further outreach with more isolated campuses and boost awareness of the ASA and the local chapter (by encouraging students to become members of the ASA when they join Mu Sigma Rho).
Procedures for Nominating Students (nomination form)
Students may be nominated by faculty members (including Professors at all levels, Lecturers, and Research Scientists) located at an educational institution in New Mexico. The nominator is responsible for forwarding a copy of the student's academic transcript along with evidence that the nominee has satisfied the requirements (at UNM top 1/3 of class is overall GPA of 3.25), and providing full contact information for the student to the Chair of the Mu Sigma Rho Subcommittee by March 15th of each year for induction in that year.
Once nominations are received, and all information is verified and the student is deemed eligible, the Subcommittee will forward recommendations to the ACASA Planning Committee. Ordinarily the Planning Committee will approve nominations based upon the recommendations of the Subcommittee. Once the Planning Committee has approved these names, letters will be sent to the students inviting them to join Mu Sigma Rho. The nominator will also be sent a copy. All students who accept this nomination will be invited to an induction ceremony at the regularly scheduled ACASA annual meeting. Then the Mu Sigma Rho Subcommittee Chair will send the list of students who accept membership along with the dues to the the Secretary/Treasurer of the National Mu Sigma Rho organization. A certificate will then be sent to each inductee. A copy of the nomination materials for all successful nominees is provided annually to the secretary of the ACASA chapter.
The ACASA Mu Sigma Rho Subcommittee seeks to create and maintain a list of liaisons at colleges and universities to seek statistics students with these qualifications for nomination. The Subcommittee submits a brief annual report for the ACASA website regarding chapter activities during that year.
For more information, contact Erik Erhardt (erikerhardt at gmail.com)
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
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Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Timeline of Yearly Cycle
March 15th: Deadline for nominations (including academic transcript, contact information, and verification of membership requirements) to the Subcommittee Chair.
March 30th: Subcommittee meets to review nominations.
April 15th: ACASA Planning Committee acts on Nominations, letters sent to nominees.
Late September: Induction ceremony at the regularly scheduled ACASA annual meeting.
Student Inductees
Regular Members (former or current ACASA Mu Sigma Rho subcommittee members)
Chapter Committee Meeting Minutes
2006Committee Members of ACASA Mu Sigma Rho
Five members of the ACASA agreed to serve as members to oversee the process of nominating, vetting, and recommending new members for Mu Sigma Rho:
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The systematic failure to recognise and appropriately treat children with severe malnutrition has been attributed to the elevated case-fatality rates, often as high as 50%, that still prevail in many hospitals in Africa. Children admitted to Kilifi District Hospital, on the coast of Kenya, with severe malnutrition frequently have life-threatening features and complications, many of which are not adequately identified or treated by WHO guidelines. Four main areas have been identified for research: early identification and better supportive care of sepsis; evidence-based fluid management strategies; improved antimicrobial treatment; rational use of nutritional strategies. The present paper focuses on the identification of children with sepsis and on fluid management strategies.
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Ready for more Photoshop CS3 training with Deke? Check out Photoshop CS3 One-on-One: Advanced Techniques.
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- Understanding what Photoshop CS3 is and what it can do.
- Zooming, scrolling, and getting around an image.
- Making the most of the new-and-improved CS3 interface.
- Using Adobe Bridge to organize and manage images.
- Saving workspaces for maximum comfort and efficiency.
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Alright, now let's go ahead and create a couple of custom layer comps of our own. I am going to go ahead and twirl close these folders that I have got open here, these layer groups, so that we save a little room inside the Layers palette and I am going to turn on the Interlacing layer which conveys those TV lines and I am also going to turn on the Reddish layer so that we have the nice blood red action going here inside the composition. Now, how do we go about saving this as a layer comp? Well. let's hide the Layers palette from view by pressing the F7 key so that I can get to the Layer Comps palette.
Notice, of course, that the page icon now appears in front of last document state indicating that we have a custom state that has not been saved yet. And we can save that state by clicking on the little new icon, the little page icon here at the bottom of the Layer Comps palette. Notice, that brings up the New Layer Comp dialog box. So this time around, whereas in order to display a dialog box in the Layer palette, you have to Alt-click or Option-click the little page icon. Here just clicking the little page icon displays the dialog box and allows you to name the new layer comp.
If you were to Alt or Option-click, you would skip this dialog box. It's another one of those cases of when in doubt, press Alt or Option here inside Photoshop, it always changes the behavior of something or other. Anyway, I am going to go ahead and name this layer comp Red Version. Now, I want to direct your attention to these three checkboxes right here. It says apply two layers, visibility position and/or appearance. What this means is you are going to save certain attributes that have been assigned to the layers along with this layer comp and you need to decide which ones you are going to save.
Now, when in doubt, I suggest you turn all of them on and that's what I am going to have you do in this case. But what they mean is this visibility determines which layers are visible and which layers are invisible, so it's all about those eyeballs inside the Layers palette. Position is where the layers are located vertically and horizontally inside of the image. It doesn't have any effect on stacking order. Alright, so none of these options control stacking orders, it turns out, the layers are always stacked the way you last left them. And then finally, we have appearance which is the Blend mode and the opacity value and the layer effects such as drop shadow and glow and so on.
You can also enter a comment, if you want to, just to remind yourself why you made this comp in the first place. I am not going to worry about that in this case, I am just going to click on OK in order in order to create that new comp. And now, I can switch between the comps. I can see the stretch version of the image. I can see the version of the image that appears green and has white type in front of it, and then I can switch to the red version of the image as well. Now, let's say gosh, I am wondering what this composition is going to look like if the zipper text is at the top of the image window.
So let's go ahead and return to the Layers palette here. Here is the face-off text and here is the bar, they go together. Of course now, the first thing I need to do is I am going to click this little down-pointing arrowhead on the right side of the face-off layer in order to twirl it open so that we can see the effects that have been applied to this layer. Now, currently, the effects are hidden, hence it's little dimmed eyeball and no eyeball in front of the word effects. And if I click in front of effects or if I were to click on that dimmed eyeball either way, I would create a dark sort of a dark glow in the background here, even though it's called outer glow and by default, outer glows are sparkly they are light.
They can be dark. Layer effects are quite flexible as it turns out. And I've got a dark glow assigned to this text. And you can see that glow darkening up the background here. Alright, now, I am going to twirl that close down I've turned it on. And I am going to grab the bar layer as well by Ctrl-clicking on it although strictly speaking, that's not necessary because I've already linked these two layers together. Notice that they've got little chain icons next to them. This is an old way of working inside Photoshop as it turns out. Inside Photoshop CS and earlier, you had to link layers together in order to move them together.
Whether or not you weren't linking on is a function of this little link icon down here at the bottom of the Layers palette. I am mostly just telling folks who've used previous versions of Photoshop and have gotten in their habit of using of layer linking, I am wondering where it's gone, it's right here. It's not strictly speaking necessary though as I say and I am going to turn it off because both layers are active. I am now going to press and hold the Ctrl key here on the PC or the Command key on the Mac in order to get my Move tool on the fly here and I am going to drag at this text along with the bar up to the top of the screen, and it should more or less snap into position here.
And by the way, I am also pressing the Shift key in order to ensure that I have an exclusively vertical drag going, so I am moving the text upward only and not to the right or to the left. And I will go ahead and release the Mouse button and then release the Ctrl and Shift keys or the Command and Shift keys on the Mac. Alright, now I am going to click on the bar layer by itself and move it upward a little bit by pressing Ctrl+Shift or Command+Shift up arrow about four times in row. You may need to take it down a little bit from there, something like that. So at any rate, I am just moving this text to the top of the screen as zipper text and it should align nice and tight to the corner up there.
Alright, let's just go ahead and save this out so we can see what its looks like. I will go ahead and close the Layers palette from View here, hide it from View and then I will create yet another new Layer Comp and I will call this one Final Version. And I do want to save visibility position and appearance, all those attributes. A position will save the fact that the texts at the top of the screen as well as the bar of course. Appearance will save the fact that I turned on that outer glow effect that appears behind the text and darkens the top of the screen.
I'll click OK in order to accept that modification. Just to make sure that all my Layer Comps are in order, I am going to move them so I am going to move the Red Version to the top and then Final Version even above that like so because I was creating these Layer Comps in opposite order starting with the oldest one at the bottom and the newest one at the top. Now, check this out, you can use these little arrow icons to flit back and forth between the comps. So I am going to start at Base Layer here, then I am going to click the left arrow to advance to stretch and then to white type and then to Red Version with the text of the bottom of the screen without the layer effect and then to Final Version with the text at the top of the screen and with the layer effect.
It's amazing what you can do with Layer Comps inside of Photoshop. It really will, given time, change the way you work inside Photoshop.


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My favorite TV show is "Dancing with the Stars." Occasionally, you'll see me dancing around the office showing off my moves!
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Between the Vines is a biweekly column on wine and winemaking in the Livermore Valley region. This information was contributed by members of the Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association
Each month, Livermore Valley wine country highlights a grape varietal grown in our region. In December we chose to feature port, which is actually a style of wine that can be made from virtually any grape varietal. Typically served as a dessert wine, port is also called late harvest wine and characterized as a sweet red originally made in Portugal. However, port is also widely produced as dry or semidry white wine made from Gewürztraminer, muscat, riesling, sauvignon blanc, semillon or zinfandel. All of these elixirs provide a sweet end to any meal, while retaining just enough acidity to remain refreshing.
"Every good dinner, deserves a good finish, and port provides that feeling of complete satisfaction," says Bent Creek Winery owner Tom Heineman. "Sipping on a glass of port brings a sophisticated, yet warm and friendly finish to any meal. Port has soul!"
"Port is fortified and has significantly higher alcohol and sugar than most wines. It is created in a way that captures the intense fruit flavors inherent in the grapes in the wine," says Karl Wente, a fifth-generation winemaker at Wente Vineyards. "Our petite sirah ports are fortified with oak-aged brandy before being placed in barrel for aging."
Bill Webster, of Little Valley Winery, notes that "the traditional Portuguese port is typically made from 70 to 100 percent tempranillo, the centuries-old, renowned Spanish varietal rioja red wine. Tempranillo gives Portuguese ports that wonderful follow-through in the back of your palate on the second sip."
"I love a port that is not too sweet and our Garre Red Velvet Port is just that," says Gina Cardera, of Garre Vineyard & Winery. "For me, it's the perfect ending for a delicious meal. A glass of port and a biscotti or your favorite chocolate -- what could be better?"
William Westover Smyth, of Westover Vineyards in Castro Valley's Palomares Canyon, encourages his guests to think out of the (dessert) box when pairing port with food. Westover produces more than 30 different port wines -- more than any winery in the United States.
"Do not let people talk you into port as only an aperitif or dessert wine," says Smyth. "My wife, Jill, loves port as her wine of choice with main courses. Port is an 'anytime' wine."
Visitors will find port at more than 25 Livermore Valley wineries. To learn more, visit www.LVwine.org or www.discovercaliforniawines.com
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Amat Al-Alim Alsoswa visits Yemen on an official mission
Sana'a, Amat Al-Alim Alsoswa, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Assistant Administrator of United Nations Development Programme and Director of its Regional Bureau for Arab States, has arrived today to Sana'a for a three-day official mission that will last until Thursday 08 March 2012.
During the mission, she will meet with senior leaders, government and parties officials, None Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Youth Groups, and other related parties to discuss several aspects of UNDP's support.
UNDP has provided technical support to the Supreme Committee for Elections and Referendum to conduct the Early Presidential Elections on 21 February 2012. It also helped in establishing the Multi-Donors Basket Fund for Elections, which has been supported by many donors. The UNDP will work in the upcoming period to support its practice areas, such as Democratic Governance, through a number of projects.
The Support to Elections during the Transitional Period Project for instance will continue supporting the electoral process during the transitional period, after it had supported the early presidential elections. In addition, UNDP will intensify its efforts in early recovery, crisis prevention, poverty reduction, environment preservation and other important development areas.
Ms. Alsoswa's visit will confirm UNDP's continuing efforts.


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Definition of Nichols, Mike in English:
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(1931–2014), US director; born in Germany; born Michael Igor Peschowsky. He directed Barefoot in the Park (1963), The Odd Couple (1965), and Annie (1977) on Broadway. Movies he directed include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Graduate (1967), The Birdcage (1996), and Charlie Wilson's War (2007).
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One thing that sets apart superb musicians like Larry Carlton from the merely good ones: Even on an off night, they're still on.
The jazz-rock guitar legend warned fans at the Granada Theater on Friday night not too expect too much. For starters, he hadn't touched a guitar in three weeks, and he fretted over what might happen to his fingers. "Anyone have a Band-Aid?" he joked.
He was also playing for the first time with Tim Lefebvre, who was filling in for Travis Carlton, the guitarist's son and usual bassist. But neither the new player nor the tender digits detracted from a show that reaffirmed Carlton's status as one the best guitarists most people never heard of — even though they've probably heard his work.
Like Lee Ritenour — another Fourplay alum who performed in the area recently — Carlton started out as an L.A. studio cat playing on scores of records in '70s and '80s, including Michael Jackson's Off the Wall and the theme from Hill Street Blues. But he's most revered for his work with Steely Dan: His tasty wailing on "Kid Charlemagne" inspired Rolling Stone to rank it as one of the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time."
Sadly, Carlton skipped "Charlemagne" Friday, but he did play two other Steely Dan tunes: A superfast overhaul of "Peg," and "Josie," which he inexplicably introduced as "a song I hate to play." Maybe so. But he performed it with supple gusto, bending notes and holding them until he'd arranged the perfect marriage of bebop and blues.
Carlton began the show alone, showing off a feathery touch on "Goodbye," a ballad he dedicated to Les Paul. Staying in a mellow mood with a cover of "If You Don't Know Me By Now," he poured enough sweet soul into the tune you barely missed Teddy Pendergrass' voice.
His quartet then joined him, and Carlton picked up the pace, slashing his way through jump blues and fiery fusion. Like Jeff Beck, he's the rare guitarist who rocks hard without resorting to the clichés of hard rock.
He got subtle backing from keyboardist Dennis Hamm and drummer Gene Coye. And bass ace Lefebvre did an admirable job for his first night with the band, although he had trouble with the '50s classic "Sleep Walk" after a fan shouted a request for it.
But the backing band was almost an afterthought in a show that was basically an extended 90-minute guitar solo. That might sound unappetizing to anyone but guitar fanatics. But in Carlton's nimble hands, it was one really long guitar solo well worth hearing.
Thor Christensen is a Dallas freelance writer.


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Slow starts, no timetable.
Late nights, who cares?
Time to paint,
Play all day,
Have fun with dogs and cats and kids.
Waking up to no rush,
Breakfast? No!
Brunch all the way.
Minds can wander as far as they like.
Beaches, swings and running,
Exploring in long grass
For hours on end.
Relaxing and vegging,
Recharging energy.