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To start off opening week, we welcome in Brett Solesky of Midway Illustrated to help us break down the Chicago Bears.
Brett will give us insight into the Colts' first opponent of 2012.
You can check out my interview with Brett here.
C/A: How has the Bears line stabilized? It's been a big issue for some time, right?
Solesky: The Bears' offensive line has two new starters in Chris Spencer at left guard and Gabe Carimi at right tackle. Carimi at times hasn't looked like he's 100-percent back from his knee injury and Webb won the left tackle battle despite his inconsistency. Spencer started at right guard last year and now has been flipped over to the left side where he struggled to acclimate in the preseason.
What has helped is going shot gun more (Bears used the shot gun less than any team in team in the NFL according to the FBOA) and three and five step drops for Cutler. What should help the most is Tice is now designing protection schemes around his offense rather than protection schemes for Martz's offense.
C/A: The Colts' corners really only run two deep. Can the Bears take advantage of bad Indy corners by going 3-4 wide?
Soleksy: The Bears showed a willingness to go three and four wide in the preseason but always put a TE out wide when they went four wide. Earl Bennett is an extremely underrated slot receiver who had the lowest drop percentage in the NFL last year according to PFF. Brandon Marshall has been all that was advertised of him and Alshon Jeffery has been better than a lot of rookie receivers I've seen coming out of college. Jeffery is probably the catalyst of this group, if he comes on strong and plays better than any number two receiver the Bears have had recently this offense could be really explosive in the passing game.
All the signs from Jeffery in the preseason have shown he could be a special receiver sooner rather than later. I also would say don't underestimate how good of a TE Kellen Davis is, he's not elite but he is a big fast strong target that is difficult to cover. His inclusion in the passing game for the first time in two years further opens up the field for Cutler.
C/A: Will Brian Urlacher play this week? What impact does missing Urlacher have? Is he still the same player he used to be?
Soleksy: During an interview with ESPN Radio Chicago this morning Urlacher stated "he can still play at a high level." However a couple of days before that in a TV interview on Fox Chicago (via the Chicago Tribune) he stated his "knee will never be the same."
So which is it? My best guess is Urlacher won't the 100-percent ready to go on Sunday against the Colts, but he will play (barring an unforeseen setback) and even if Urlacher isn't completely healthy he's still better than the majority of the middle linebackers in the NFL when he's not at full speed. What happened this offseason is Urlacher was 100-percent for training camp and then aggravated the knee during camp, after the aggravation he had a debridement procedure which was designed to clean out the knee from what was causing the aggravation. If the procedure did what it was supposed to do, and Urlacher doesn't suffer a setback he could bounce back and play at a high level.
C/A: What should Colts fans know about the Bears that they dont?
Solesky: The Bears are getting much younger and stronger up front on defense even with Julius Peppers and Israel Idonije both over 30. The defensive tackles are better than last year and could really spark the pass rush. Henry Melton is an underrated pass rusher at the 3-technique, and Shea McClellin is enough of a threat as a pass rusher that it allows Israel Idonije to slide inside to play the DT in the nickel rush package. The pass rushing depth has been remarkably improved from last year and that could make Julius Peppers better late in the game.
The Colts are in a very unfortunate situation from the standpoint that the older players are extremely fresh and well rested and ready to go. The Bears' defense absolutely destroyed the Falcons in the opener last year with a far more potent offense than the Colts will have. The Bears' offense may have improved but this defense will be in peak condition in week one, even if Urlacher isn't 100-percent.
C/A: What do you expect the final score to be?
Solesky: The Bears are extremely tough during their season opening games at home. According to the Bears media information "Chicago enters Sunday's contest versus the Indianapolis with 63 wins during home-opening contests, most in NFL history. Chicago's 63-25-4 (.707) record is the best in the NFC all-time and second-best in the NFL. The Bears have won five of their last six home openers."
Add to it the 2008 opener on the road, against Peyton Manning in Indy, (the last time the Bear faced the Colts) the Bears held the Colts to 13 points. While I have a lot of respect for Andrew Luck, he's not yet Peyton Manning of 2008 and the Colts team around Luck isn't as good as that team. Therefore I see the Colts struggling to get things going on offense and have the Bears winning this one going away 34-13.
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The film was based on the true story of teacher Erin Gruwell, who taught inner-city students in Long Beach, Calif., in the aftermath of race riots.
It was a classroom situation familiar to Currie, who has guided her own students through hardships they faced at home and in their neighborhoods -- drugs, violence, teenage pregnancy and other challenges.
After watching the movie, Currie's students encouraged her to apply for a fellowship to meet and work with other teachers from across the country through Gruwell's organization, the Freedom Writers Foundation, named after the Freedom Riders of the Civil Rights movement.
Currie was accepted and attended seminars in California on diversity, tolerance and other issues. And Currie has since authored a book "Teaching Hope" with 149 other teachers from across the country about their experiences with mostly inner-city classrooms.
On Friday night, Currie invited Gruwell and some of her former students to a reception at her Mobile home.
And today, Gruwell will be a keynote speaker at a nondenominational, faith-oriented conference for women called Womenspeak 2010. About 700 women from 40 states are attending the conference at the Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center in downtown Mobile.
"Sometimes, it's difficult to take a step back and just be a teacher when there's so much more going on in a child's life that academics don't take a priority," Currie said. "I had a student one time who told me, 'I'm so sick of hearing you god-d-- white teachers. I live in the projects. No one cares if I go to school. No one cares if I do homework. Y'all have no idea.'"
Currie said she has learned so much about herself, her students and her profession by working with Gruwell and the other teachers.
And she said she enjoyed writing and reading other teachers' stories in the book that, according to Currie, gives readers "somewhat a window into public education in this country, and it's not very pretty."
Currie's story -- which chronicles her support for a pregnant student from high school through helping her move into a dorm room at Spring Hill College -- shows there is sometimes a fine line between being a teacher and a parent to students.
As in the movie, the teachers who participated in the Freedom Writers Foundation show their students how to express themselves with their writing.
"I believe that a kid is a kid is a kid, regardless of their economic stature, their race or even their ZIP code," Gruwell told the Press-Register, adding that it's important "to show that you can change the world one kid, one class and one community at a time."
Gruwell said working with teachers like Currie who "fight the good fight every day to give a voice to the voiceless is awe-inspiring."
Ashley Rabun, a spokeswoman for Womenspeak 2010, said some space may still be available to attend the conference, which started Friday, runs all day today and ends at noon Sunday.
Registration is $200, and teachers can get a discounted rate. Anyone interested in attending can call Rabun at: 251-533-5999.
"The whole conference is about how women can have an impact on so many lives," Rabun said. "We're thrilled to have Erin Gruwell. She's an outstanding example of that."

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The college is awaiting state approval to start construction of its Applied Technology Center, which would provide instruction through eight fast-track technical-career programs, Dena Maloney, Canyon Country campus founding dean, told board members Wednesday.
"A lot of people are looking to retrain, change careers (and) find a new opportunity," Maloney said. "This is a way for people to retool and get into the workforce again."
The facility, to be located on the northwest side of campus, will include a 10,000-square-foot warehouse, four general classrooms, a computer lab, instructor offices and limited parking.
Half of the warehouse would be used as an automotive shop. The other half would be used for building-trades and alternative-energy shops, Maloney said.
The programs taught at the center will train students in automotive technology, building inspection, construction management, landscape maintenance and management, plumbing, electrical technology, heating/ventilation/air-conditioning and alternative-energy technologies.
The automotive, building and construction programs already exist and are being taught at Saugus High School and the Valencia campus, Maloney said.
She said the landscape program is newly approved but does not have a teaching location, while the other programs are still in planning for the future center.
The hope is that the center, which will use about $5 million of Measure M funds, will open as early as the end of next year's spring semester, Maloney said. But delay of design approval by the state could lead to a later opening during the 2010 fall semester.
"It all depends on how quickly we get (Division of the State Architect) approval," said Maloney, who explained that the division is backlogged with projects because of the state's mandatory furlough days.
About 30 percent of the college's students attend classes solely at the COC campus, Maloney told the board members.
Chancellor Dianne Van Hook said the new center could increase that percentage.
"When the Applied Technology building is up, you will see the numbers of people taking classes only here go up significantly because those classes are not your typical three hours a week or four hours a week," she said. "Those are advanced time-frame classes, and those (students) in most cases will be here for 20 hours a week just in that building, so that will make a big difference."
The planning for the campus expansion is part of the college's education master plan approved about 10 months ago, Maloney said.
The project comes during a time of growth in student enrollment growth. The campus' student count increased during the 2008-2009 school year, according to Maloney.
The number increased by 4 percent in the fall session, 9 percent in the winter session and 14 percent during the 2008-2009 school year compared to the prior school year.
Other business considered by trustees included the approval of $2,081,566 in additional district revenue from grants.
The total includes more than $1,900 added to the unrestricted general fund, more than $79,000 to the restricted general fund and $2 million to the Financial Aid fund for Pell Grant awards.


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An Original Ship Manifest states that Anton at the age of 23 left for the USA from Hamburg on October 12th, 1922. He lived in the Milwaukee city for several years and after some time returned to Germany. He married Elisabeth Bernzen on May 16, 1933. They had three children, Ludger, Maria, and Willi.
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@Hildegard Noch. I do not know of a "horse story" with respect to Anton Elshoff, your grandfather. It was told to me by my father (Gerhard Hospel) that Anton was not happy in Milwukee shown by his demenor. His word: "Anton was homesick". So the men (it is not clear who these friends or men were. It was my impression that it was the men that had traveled to the USA, all from Warbeyen and area at that time. It was always my understanding the following were in that group of men: Herman Heister, Herman van Dillen, Aloys Elshoff and Gerhard Hospel) here in the State on Wisconsin agreed to gather some travel expense money plus his money and purchase a ticket to go back to Germany.
9/8/2010 at 11:01 PM
First, I have to apologize that I didn't react on your detailed answer before! I just thought I would get a reminder by geni.com as they did before when you started the discussion!! (So I really wondered if the discussion already had stopped. SORRY for that!)
Well, it's a pity I can't ask my dad anymore about the issue. But I remember he told us about his father being 'homesick' - I just forgot.
I don't know if he planned to return to the US to live there, but there's that other story Papa (Ludger) told us so many times:
When he was a boy, he once stood at the window. His father - Anton - stood beside him, layed his hand on daddy's shoulder and said: "When you're grown up, the two of us will make a long travel - far, far away...".
Anton Elshoff died when his eldest son Ludger was only 11 - and they never managed to realize this journey...


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This season marks the return of the Arizona State Sun Devils to postseason play after an untimely three-season absence.
However, their December 22nd Las Vegas Bowl matchup against No. 7 Boise State isn't exactly the kind of game the Sun Devils expected when the season began with Pac-12 South division title aspirations and Rose Bowl dreams.
Despite the disappointment, ASU will be looking for the 13th bowl victory in program history in the final game of the Dennis Erickson era.
In preparation of that game, here now are the 10 biggest bowl wins in Sun Devil history.


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The Stetson Lightweight Women's Four traveled to Lake Pickett in Orlando for a tri-meet regatta against in-state opponents UCF and Jacksonville.
The boat consisted of Jacqueline Horbert, Callie Peacock, Caitlin Burke and Caitlin Mooney and coxswain Kerry Burke. The lightweight crew was up against all open weight crews and came in 3rd ahead of Jacksonville, but behind both UCF boats.
"It was rough at the start, but we had a strong row and executed well," said senior Caitlin Burke. "This was a good opportunity for us to get an extra race piece in before we head to the state championships in a couple weeks."
In a recent USRowing Coaches poll the Stetson Lightweight Women were ranked 13th in the nation, tied with University of California.
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Bob Bowman, a retired Air Force officer seeking the Reform Party's presidential nomination, will speak Wednesday on the topic "Why I'm Running for President."
His appearance is set for 7 p.m. at the Amarillo Public Library's central branch, 413 E. Fourth Ave. The free event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Bowman, 65, of Melbourne Beach, Fla., served in the Air Force for 22 years and flew more than 100 combat missions in Vietnam, he said.
He earned a doctoral degree in aeronautics and nuclear engineering from California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, he said, and has been involved in arms control and foreign policy for the past 18 years.
Bowman said he was a leading opponent of the Star Wars program under President Reagan because the "quiet research program was turned into an offensive weapons system disguised as defense" during Reagan's administration.
"Like most of the others in the Reform Party, I'm out to break the connection between big money and political power," Bowman said in a telephone interview. "I want to stop the corporate wars we've waged against Yugoslavia and Iraq."
Bowman is among several Reform Party candidates, including Pat Buchanan, who are vying for the party's presidential nomination.
Bowman's name will not appear on the March primary ballot in Texas. Instead, the Reform Party will nominate its candidate through a nationwide mail-in primary in July, Bowman said. BOWMAN
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Eduard Limonov is a writer who continuously draws inspiration from his own life story. It is therefore not always possible to separate fact from fiction in an autobiographical narrative mode that is often deliberately self-contradictory, and aims to keep the reader wondering as to what really happened and what is imaginary. According to the Limonov-disseminated information (for which some independent corroborating evidence can be found) his father was a military officer in the troops attached to the Ministry of the Interior, and Limonov grew up in the Ukrainian city of Kharkov, where he appears to have worked as a fitter (1960), a smelter in a foundry (1963-64) and a bookseller (1964-67). It is not clear if Limonov completed his …
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Oscar nominee Glenn Close, who's appearing on Broadway with Jeremy Irons in The Real Thing, won't trust her naturally curly tresses to just any stylist when she goes to the Academy Awards next month. Up for best supporting actress for Columbia Pictures' The Big Chill, Close is taking along her hairdresser, Harry Balderstone of Richard Stein Haircutters in Manhattan. "Her hair will be somewhat in the usual ilk. She doesn't like drastic changes. She wants to wear a romantic-looking dress, so I plan a romantic-looking 'do," says Balderstone, who will stay at the swank Beverly Hills Hotel at Columbia's expense during his two-night visit. Harry also gets to go to the awards ceremony but, he says, "I won't be sitting with Glenn. I'll probably be off in the corner somewhere." That's the way the curlers tumble.
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* ACTIVITIES: L.I.F.E. team music ministry, National Honor Society, student government, Big Brothers Big Sisters.
* FUTURE PLANS: Study nursing at Chaminade University.
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The Mandeville City Council will meet tonight at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 3101. E. Causeway Approach.
The council plans to discuss several items, including the possible adoption of an ordinance regarding sound control in the city.
It also plans to introduce two ordinances for adoption at a later date.
The first would establish interim development regulations applicable to historic structures in Old Mandeville for six months or until the city reviews and updates its comprehensive plan and comprehensive land use regulations.
The other would amend the comprehensive land use regulations in the Old Mandeville Business District, as well as those dealing with design standards in that district.
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TRENTON — They're three lawmakers with almost 80 years of service among them, accustomed to skating to re-election with barely a peep of opposition.
Not this year.
State senators Nia Gill (D-Essex), Rayond Lesniak (D-Union) and Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) have to fight in Tuesday's primary elections to keep their seats after being targeted by rival factions of their parties.
In all, six senators and 11 Assembly members face primary challenges Tuesday. But only three of those races have grabbed much attention.
Gill is fighting Mark Alexander, a Seton Hall law professor from a nationally prominent Democratic family who has made the most of his ties to President Obama, for whom he worked as an adviser during the 2008 presidential campaign. Vernon Pullins Jr., a former president of the East Orange Board of Education, is also running.
Alexander and Gill — both liberals from Montclair — differ little on the issues. Alexander has painted Gill as aloof from the needs of the district, which includes Montclair, Orange, East Orange and Clifton.
"I feel very confident. A lot of things have been breaking very well for us recently," Alexander said. "I see it when I'm at the train station, the supermarkets ... Everybody is really tuned into my message."
Gill has run as a champion of public schools and has criticized Alexander for not being clear on whether he supports school vouchers. Alexander said in two recent debates that he opposes them.
"I know he's been trying to have it both ways on the issue of school vouchers," Gill Campaign Manager Eric Hyers said. "I know some of his biggest supporters are big-time leaders in the school voucher movement." Gill kept her comments simple: "I plan to win," she said.
While the 34th District race stayed civil, the other two have not.
In Union County's 20th District, Lesniak — who has served in the Legislature since 1978 — faces political neophyte Donna Obe, a financial adviser and president of the Roselle Board of Education.
Two years ago, Lesniak survived a challenge from Jerome Dunn, who was backed by the Elizabeth Board of Education — a rival political machine to establishment Democrats that have controlled Union County for decades.
Now the Elizabeth Board of Education is back, and it's focusing all its fire on Lesniak while supporting Obe.
The race has played out in the district's mailboxes. Obe campaign allies have distributed newspapers and flyers attacking Lesniak's wealth and showing pictures of his beach house in Mantoloking. Lesniak's chief of staff — a recovering drug addict whom one of the flyers claimed was a convict — has threatened to sue for defamation.
Lesniak said he's kept his campaign positive, though a union-backed independent group, The Fund for Jobs, Growth and Security spent more than $18,000 on flyers saying Obe was late paying property taxes.
While denying any coordination with the outside group, Lesniak said he's "very confident."
"Our polling numbers are through the roof. I've never worked harder, I've never gotten a better response. I've been going after every single vote," he said.
Obe said Lesniak allies sent out the attack mailer because he's "running scared." She said she was late on the property tax payments because she was a struggling widowed single mother.
"I've had my challenges and it's been important for everyone else to stand up and put your family first and back on its feet," Obe said. "That's the reality of where I live right now. (Lesniak) knows nothing of it, obviously."
In Monmouth County's 13th District, 25-year incumbent Kyrillos, a close friend of Gov. Chris Christie who last year lost the U.S. Senate race, faces a challenge on the right from tea party activist Leigh-Ann Bellew.
Bellew has attacked Kyrillos for running for Senate as a moderate, for supporting former Gov. Christie Whitman's pension bond plan and refusing to sign an anti-tax pledge most Republicans endorsed.
"He has done real damage to the state by saddling taxpayers with more taxes and debt while decreasing their freedoms," Bellew said last week.
Kyrillos allies say Bellew exaggerated her education credentials by suggesting she was a lawyer and noting she filed for bankruptcy while claiming to be a fiscal conservative.
Kyrillos called Bellew's campaign a "spectacle" and said he's confident he'll win. "I've always fought hard for the people of my district, the people of my state. The governor and I and other reformers are transforming New Jersey little by little," he said. "And I'm gratified that the people I represent recognize that."
Ben Dworkin, a political science professor at Rider University, said all three incumbents are likely to win because they "have the benefits of the line — the preferred ballot position in the primary, and that helps immeasurably in these kinds of races."
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I went to Raxco's site and downloaded a file that is supposed to optimize
the Windows SP2 firewall for PD--that ran at the command prompt, but I have
been running on SP2 for a while with no problems. The file is here:
"Raxco Software has created a command line script that can be used to
quickly and easily configure the built-in firewall to add PerfectDisk to the
allowed programs to connect through the Windows XP SP2 Internet Connection
Firewall (ICF) on the local subnet only.
Please download XPSP2_Config.zip, extract XPSP2_Config.bat and execute on
all Windows XP SP2 systems that have PerfectDisk installed."
I can't find anything in the KBs on Raxco's site, nor any other update that
is available.
Any help would be appreciated.
Chad Harris


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Jackson, the sophomore from New Albany, Ohio, was carted off the field. His injury comes after tackle Fou Fonoti was lost for at least four to six weeks with a stress fracture in his foot.
"That was a huge loss," said running back Le'Veon Bell, who rushed for a season-low 45 yards. "He's the line to the quarterback. He makes all the calls. He's like the general."
Ethan Ruhland replaced Jackson, as the offensive line continues to go through injury woes. It's unclear whether Fonoti will return this season or apply for a medical redshirt.
"He was an inspirational, motivational leader, as was Fou," Dantonio said of Jackson. "So it's tough to see that, and you feel badly for him as a player. But this is when your faith is tested as well, so we'll respond. I saw him in the locker room afterwards, and he has his head up, and he's going to keep moving."
Tackle Skyler Burkland, who replace Fonoti in the lineup, said Ruhland did well in filling in for Jackson.
"It's always difficult to lose a brother," Burkland said. "It's sad. He's one of our leaders on the offensive line. He's one of my best friends. It hurts, but we've got to move forward."


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HILLSDALE — A 34-year-old borough man told authorities an assailant punched him and kicked his dog outside the Hillsdale Avenue Wendy's on Tuesday night, a report on NorthJersey.com said.
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How to Treat Your Adversary with Respect
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The double fish hook with unwashed hands....
Those details are important!
Panel 2 FTW!!!
I just have to keep reminding myself that written languages will soon become obsolete -- so it doesn't matter if, for example, the grossly incorrect practice of referring to an individual as "them" becomes so commonplace that it appears even in one of the smartest comics ever drawn.
[Note: I still gave this one a +.]
@filsmyth When the gender of the subject is unknown or ambiguous, the proper pronoun is often plural. This saves the writer or speaker from using he/she or (s)he all the time. Check it out...
Sorry to post links on your page, Scott. Just trying to defend your always impeccable grammar.
"@filsmyth When the gender of the subject is unknown or ambiguous, the proper pronoun is often plural. This saves the writer or speaker from using he/she or (s)he all the time."
This is an artifact of the "Politically Correct" movement. Previously the pronoun 'he' or 'she' was fine, you know, whichever was more appropriate for the subject. In this case, with the adversary being male, I REALLY don't think anyone would've cried foul at the use of a gender-specific pronoun.
Please be advised that I am an Asperger's type who learned rules of grammar as they existed 35-40 years ago, and that this is the sort of pet peeve with which I am learning to deal, gradually. When an individual is referred to in the plural, you see, it is a bit of a mindfuck.
@filsmyth Actually, Shakespeare and Lewis both predate the P.C. movement. Perhaps you did not see my link? The Wikipedia article, "Singular They" is a good source. However, I do agree with your critique of the written language, though I doubt it will become obsolete. This very comment section is an example of how electronic socialization has turned ever-evolving American English on its head over the past two decades.
Queso since I can't delete or edit my previous comments, this has to be said as an addendum instead of a substitution or correction:
If you're gonna use a plural pronoun, dammit, just pluralize the corresponding noun:
"If you respect your foes, you should tell them..."
"Address your adversaries as equals, and treat them with dignity and courtesy."
@TheMortallyWounded: Apologies, but I did not click on your link. As an aging Aperger's type I have arrogance issues that are only now being addressed, and I can still sound 'dickish' regardless of my intentions.
Example: Shakespeare was a hack.
fil: Unless you can help English develop a gender-neutral pronoun I'd suggest just sucking it the hell up.
@Brandi Now that was uncalled for. We are having a delightful conversation if I say so myself. I'm always intrigued by the (de)evolution of the American English language, and this topic is of great interest to me. I do not wish my new friend to be so offended as to believe that I might actually take your side in this argument.
@fylsmith If I may be so bold: One does not simply pluralize the corresponding noun.
Take for example the following sentence: "The unknown foe responded with a seemingly logical, yet fatally flawed sense of reasoning; their pattern indicated two-dimensional thinking."
Obviously, that was a backhanded reference to this very topic, but let's throw that little fact out of the window for a second and assume that we know nothing of "the unknown foe" other than the possibility that this is a single individual. Gender unknown, we cannot simply change "foe" to "foes." We know that it is a single person.
Now, we might assume that the unknown foe is a wordsmith named Phil Smith, but we all know what happens when we make assumptions: We make an ASS out of YOU and UMPTION. So let's not make any assumptions whatsoever, and take everything discussed here as simply that: A discussion.
By the way, am I posting on a forum? I thought I was posting a comment to an editor/moderator. I'm missing something. Hang on, LMGTFMyself.
@Brandi: I'M TRYING.
At the moment it may appear that my adversary is the English language itself -- but I cannot be angry with it. Instead my ire is directed, not toward those who instigate corruptions but toward those who rationalize the defense of previously incorrect usages as "evolution".
What happens is that even the most respected (and/or widely read) authors are not always correct in their usages, resulting in those incorrect usages becoming commonplace. Someone fucks up and lets 'backseat' float through as a noun, for example (when as a compound, it's only ever been an adjective before). Sure, it passes through spellcheck (when the word 'spellcheck' doesn't even pass spellcheck) but the program only cares if it's a word, isn't sophisticated enough to tell how it's being used. The result is that 'backseat' and 'backyard' are being used all over the place as nouns, for all I know are classified as nouns in the latest dictionaries -- and it's the same with this 'their' business.
'Frontyard' is not a word, not even as an adjective. Nor is 'frontseat' -- and 'their' is plural, by its very nature.
@TheMortallyWounded: Electronic socialization will eventually be supplanted by quantum socialization -- meaning that everyone will become telepathic, at first through electronic assistance with the use of quantum computing. Once everyone embraces the ability to communicate in this way, written and spoken language will indeed become obsolete.
However there will of course still be language enthusiasts, who will still enjoy the written word -- and for those who specifically enjoy English, I personally hope a definitive and 'more intact' version emerges. Geeks will be geeks, after all...
Oh and the unknown foe is still singular. "The unknown foe responded with a seemingly logical, yet fatally flawed sense of reasoning; that person's pattern indicated two-dimensional thinking."
In all fairness the last panel uses "them" correctly.
I don't come to Basic Instructions for a grammar lesson, I come for a good chuckle.
@Pariah High-five!
@fylsmith Okay, NOW you're starting to sound a bit "dickish."
So you replaced a pronoun with a demonstrative adjective and another noun. If you had your way, then the only way we would be able to communicate WOULD be telepathically. Written and spoken language would be inefficient. By the time I finished writing this sentence here, I'd be about as old as you and probably just as cynical of every person who decides to bother me. I'd spend my entire life reading dictionaries "just for old-time's sake" and learning larger and more intelligent sounding words to try and intimidate my foes who are so inferior with their language skills. I'd resort to using Anglo-Saxon verbs that were once only uttered by the lowliest of riff-raff, simply to demonstrate that I, fylsmith, have become so superior in mastering the English language.
I suppose that it must be quite a burden to have unlimited knowledge. You have surpassed the limitations of your existence. You have rendered yourself obsolete. You no longer fear death; instead, you fear interaction with life. Think up some more big words while you're skipping every other line. Get together with your Mensa friends and discuss the world's problems and how they are all "the world's problems" and not yours. In the meantime, or mean-time, or whatever the hell it really is, I'm gonna drive on down to McDonald's and
spraypaint spray-paint all over the "DRIVE-THRU" sign, because Phil Freakin' Smith said that "IT AIN'T EVEN A WORD"
Hold on, I got an email...
Oh, it was someone being respectful. Sorry. I had to give them a high-five. (It's a form of non-verbal communication, meaning "Niiice.")
That supreme moon-leader is forgetting his deadliest weapon; you can never really get nails like that clean underneath - wash your hands all you like, still nobody's safe from the germs under those claws.
The lesson is for Scott, not for the readers of his otherwise excellent comic. When and if he addresses this issue, the transition will be seamless -- as in, when and if he sees this as a flaw in his writing skills and manages to adapt, comments from me will no longer contain rants about this personal pet peeve.
...And it IS just my personal pet peeve, it seems, and really, seriously, I'm TRYING to deal with these pet peeves.
...And WOW! I really don't mean to piss anyone off -- but 'someone' is not 'them', by definition.
yay, unintended flame war
Okay look:
It's not even a matter of 'grammar'. Either it's one person, or it's more than one. Just be clear about it, and if you have to use 'they' please pluralize any corresponding nouns. If you're writing (as opposed to speaking) it's not difficult to change the words around.
This is all I'm sayin'.
Filsmyth, language is defined by usage and constantly changing. So, no, the use of the plural as a gender-neutral pronoun is not "grossly incorrect", it's accepted usage.
WAR is also 'accepted', yet is also grossly incorrect.
What is a double fish hook? And am I going to regret asking this?
Wait wait wait... since when does Rocket Hat do things like threatening or praising, instead of silently decimating his foes?
This is totally out of character.
Well, Scott's in good company with Jane Austen and William Shakespeare ...
Prescriptivist whining about efforts to make the English language more gender-neutral aside, there were twenty of the guys.
Ahem: "a student who lost their textbook" can easily be corrected by replacing 'their' with 'a' -- and will make a lot more sense.
A student is not a 'they'. It's one student, not 2 or more sharing a textbook. WTF?!
Has it occurred to anyone that Scott may be deliberately using language like this just to fuck with us?!
I think he might be just sick enough to think it's funny.
The Oxford English Dictionary says this about "them":
2. Often used for 'him or her', referring to a singular person whose sex is not stated, or to anybody, nobody, somebody, whoever, etc. Cf. they pron. 2.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xxii. 127 Little did I think..to make a..Complaint against a Person very dear to you,..but don't let them be so proud..as to make them not care how they affront every body else.
1853 C. M. Yonge Heir of Redclyffe II. xxii. 364 Nobody else..has so little to plague them.
1874 G. W. Dasent Half a Life II. 198 Whenever any one was ill, she brewed them a drink.
So, it's been going on for over 270 years.
...Over 270 years of people being confused over how many others to which they were referring.
"Whenever any one was ill, she brewed them a drink." Just omit 'them', confusion resolved.
Communities have been adding fluorosilicic acid to their water supplies since the late 1950s too -- doesn't make it right.
Yeah and what the hell kind of an example is this?
"Whenever any one was ill, she brewed them a drink."
Just one drink for all of them to share, because one among them was ill?!
It's the ill one who needs the brew, right? Or is she brewing something for all, so they can all get drunk enough that they don't care that one of them is ill?
filsmyth: Every reference I've ever seen says to use "them" when you are referring to an unknown number of people. The moon emperor has many enemies; he should apply these instructions to all of them. And since I'm sure he has plenty of female enemies as well, using "them" instead of "him or her" repeatedly is a completely acceptable substitute. You only have reason to complain if the instruction were limiting itself to speaking only of Rocket Hat.
When you get over-pedantic and tedious over acceptable English use, most people tune you out or get mad at you rather than thinking you're super smart, and future corrections of actual grammar errors will be ignored. Go edit Yahoo News or something. Use your knowledge for good, instead of annoyance.
Scott: Great comic. "Festooned" doesn't get used enough in everyday life. :)
Someone help me out; what is a double fishhook? Or tell me what a single fishhook is, and I'll work it out from there.
Put this in your pipe and smoke it, you self-important prescriptivist twat:
I always thought "them" was a sutable word for refering to hypothetical iindividuals of unknown gender.
@RPF Hooking both index fingers into the corners of your opponent's mouth and pulling outwards.
Eddie, I think you've provided the final word on "them."
Scott, you're reliably hilarious...thank you!
Filsmyth, you are both incorrect (see Eddie's quote from OED), and a thoughtless prick who started a flame war over your own faulty and arrogant opinion, not to mention the fact that you were the first to use inappropriate language in defense of said grossly stupid opinion. GTFO, DIAF... just begone, and stop harassing the author and the legitimate commenters.
@filsmyth I'm not all that interested in any kind of flame war. I enjoy these comments here because it is a relief from comments, like you can find, on Youtube.
It does annoy me when someone comes on and dissects the grammar, on any comments section when they should really scrutinize their own post for grammatical errors. You use of the hyphen/dash/En Dash/Em Dash is not clear and in each case the usage of all four is used wrong and confuses the sentence.
You're correct that the proper pronoun for a person of unknown sex* is the masculine** pronoun. This is not just in English; it's actually carried over from French, one of English's parent languages. However, you've got to understand that it has always made some people uncomfortable, and these days most people are more uncomfortable with the inherent sexism in that practice than they are with the improper pluralization. Trying to fight it just leads to flamewars.
* Not gender. Since it's a discussion regarding pedantic rules of English and all.
** That's gender.
I love all the people ranting and getting mad @filsmyth. He starts off telling you about his mental deviation from the norm over which he has little to no control and that his comments are originating from that place. Then they feed his condition by trying to argue rationally with the person who has just told them that he is not capable of being rational on this subject. Who's the one being a dick here?
Now for my turn to poke the bear! @filsmyth: I noticed you using the '@' symbol in a way in which it was not used when you learned the "rules" of the English language 35-40 years ago. Apparently your usage of the language has evolved in some ways to conform with modern usage. Try to keep in mind that there is no central authority for correct usage of English. I've had, and have, some similar issues on the very same subject. It helps me to think of language as an art form. After all, art is a way of expressing ones self and, while language may be used strictly for conveying hard information, it is also used to convey all sorts of other nuanced pieces of information which may not fit in, or need, a set of hard rules.
Of course, english is a living language, so if enough people decide that the singular they is good, then it's now officially proper english.
There's nothing wrong with a singular they. It doesn't hurt anyone, it doesn't confuse things. It's good in all ways. It's more egalitarian, and solves the situation where the un-named person's gender isn't known. There's no good reason to hang onto the old rules except being stubborn.
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A fishhook involves placing your finger in someone else's mouth.
Those who choose to write convoluted sentences, in order to avoid placing a preposition at the end of a sentence, always amuse me. It was appropriate in Latin to avoid an ultimate preposition. Such a restriction makes zero sense for English. It is one of several ridiculous--dare I say incorrect--rules of English grammar.
Languages, both written and spoken, evolve over time. If not, we would still be writing like Chaucer. No, thank you.
I had to look up 'fishhook' on Urban Dictionary. You jerks. Anyway, they define it this way:
"While behind someone inserting your index finger into their mouth and pulling back towards the back of thier head therefore catching them like a fish on a hook."


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Israel's military campaign in Lebanon has left the Jewish state spiritually and financially drained. The overall cost of the conflict, including the amount spent on the war and business losses in northern Israel, exceeds $7 billion, according to The Israel Project, a nonprofit, pro-Israeli advocacy group.
Responding to Israel's plight, American Jews have sent tens of millions of dollars to the beleaguered country, much of it through Jewish charities, including Jewish federations across the country. Given that Israel's needs remain vast, undoubtedly the upcoming High Holiday season will see rabbis across the Southland encouraging congregants to open their hearts -- and their pocketbooks -- to the Jewish homeland.
But will Israel's needs trump those of local synagogues and Jewish nonprofits? Will the charitable dollars flowing to Israel during the giving season mean less support for maintenance of Southland temples and for the social services that Jews traditionally support, such as Jewish day schools or food and psychological counseling for the needy?
An informal survey of rabbis and agency executives suggests that they remain optimistic that donors this year will not hold back. They will find a way to help both the Holy Land and causes closer to home.
For synagogues, the stakes appear especially high. That's because fundraising during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur can generate the largest portion of a year's total fundraising. With a large, semicaptive audience, it is not uncommon for rabbis or temple presidents to make three or four appeals during holiday services. The season's emphasis on teshuvah (repentance); tefillah (prayer); and tzedekah (righteous) giving, helps Jews understand the importance of contributing and puts them in the right frame of mind to do so, said Rabbi Mark Diamond, executive director of the Board of Rabbis of Southern California, which has 285 members.
Rabbi David Eliezre of the Chabad synagogue, Congregation Beth Meir HaCohen in Orange County, feels confident that the act of giving only begets more generosity.
"People with a charitable heart will reach a little deeper in their pockets this year," he said.
Similarly, Rabbi Don Goor, senior rabbi of Temple Judea in Tarzana and West Hills, said he is hopeful his synagogue will raise as much for its own operations this year as last. In a reflection of the appeal's importance, which accounts for more than 50 percent of Temple Judea's annual fundraising, Goor will make the pitch himself at services, while another rabbi will make an appeal for Israel. Goor said that his sermon will address how centrifugal forces, including America's rugged individualism, have pulled the Jewish community to "the outside, while the synagogue pulls Jews back to the core of Judaism."
Goor said he has little concern that charitable giving to Israel will dilute the synagogue campaign. Last year, he said, congregants gave generously to victims of Hurricane Katrina but still managed to keep up their temple giving.
University Synagogue in Brentwood, with 60 full- and part-time employees and a planned renovation, relies on holiday fundraising for a "significant" portion of its operating budget, said senior Rabbi Morley Feinstein. That's why its president will make a pitch for synagogue donations on Rosh Hashanah, while a separate appeal for Israel will be made on Yom Kippur.
Feinstein said he is hopeful that temple members will come through, even though they have already contributed tens of thousands of dollars to various Israel emergency campaigns.
"Our people are known as compassionate, and our children are compassionate," Feinstein said. "Our compassion has to enter our checkbooks so that we help those in need."
Like synagogues, local Jewish philanthropies often build fundraising campaigns around the High Holidays, although to a lesser extent. The picture here seems a bit murkier.
Because Jews "get that warm, fuzzy feeling of Judaism" during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Jewish Free Loan Association (JFLA) steps up its fundraising in the last three months of the year, said Mark Meltzer, the organization's executive director. Typically, the nonprofit takes in about one-third of its donations from October through December, he said.
However, Meltzer worries that charitable dollars now earmarked for Israel could impact JFLA fundraising and cause the nonprofit to miss its 2006 targets. If that happens, he said, Free Loan would have less money available for interest-free loans for university students or Jewish couples seeking fertility treatments or Jewish campers.
"For the donor who wants to make an impact both locally and internationally, it's going to stretch their pocketbook," Meltzer said.
To coincide with the High Holidays, Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger recently kicked off its campaign "Corners of Our Fields," a reference to the biblical practice of leaving corners of a field untouched for the poor to harvest. For a variety of reasons, though, Mazon can't predict how this year's holiday drive will fare, said Jeremy Deutchman, Mazon's director of communications and development. Deutchman said at least two rabbis he tried to enlist to talk up Mazon told him they plan instead to focus their holiday sermons on Israel this year.
Mazon funds food banks, food pantries and soup kitchens locally, as well as nationally and internationally. The nonprofit, Deutchman said, has seen demand for its contributions jump in recent years because of the squeeze on America's middle class.
By contrast, The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has seen an increase in contributions, including from new donors in recent months, because the Jewish philanthropic organization set up one of the major Israel emergency campaigns, according to Craig Prizant, executive vice president of financial resource development. The Federation now has the chance to "convert" crisis-fund donors into regular givers, Prizant said. It hopes to do so by making first-timers aware of all the ways the organization supports the Jewish state -- and then ask for a donation at a later date.
The success of the L.A. Federation's Israel in Crisis fund, which has raised $15 million so far, appears to have had little or no impact on The Federation's annual campaign, Prizant said. He projects this year's campaign to hit $50 million, a 5 percent jump over last year.
There are those who would like to keep discussions of money out of the sacred days. At least one Southland rabbi, Sheryl Lewart of Kehillat Israel in the Pacific Palisades, thinks Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur should not be synonymous with fundraising. She said her temple makes, at most, a quiet solicitation during the High Holidays and holds its two major fundraising events at other times during the year.
"We try to keep the sanctity of the High Holidays without having it be so commercialized," she said.
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TRAINS AND LOVERS. By Alexander McCall Smith. Pantheon Books. 240 pages. $22.
In Alexander McCall Smith's "Trains and Lovers," a group of four strangers are placed together by chance on a train journey from Edinburgh to London. Three men and one woman, seated opposite each other, reveal "how love touched their lives," passing the time by sharing stories of their respective train travel experiences.
Smith, best known for his "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" series, writes prose that is sure and engaging, drawing his characters so well that we feel we know Kay, Andrew, David and Hugh by the end of their trip.
McCall lets his characters' stories unfold at leisure, and we become caught up in them while eagerly awaiting the outcomes. "Trains and Lovers" is a delight, worth a place on your reading list.
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There is a definite men-versus-women divide on the set of "Friends" when it comes to what each character sees for the series down the road.
When asked by Entertainment Weekly whether a "Friends" reunion would ever be possible, the gals shot down the idea while the men said they would keep their options open.
"I hate the idea of the reunion show," said David Schwimmer, who plays Ross on the show. "But if it meant I get to revisit the relationships and work with those writers and actors again, then that would be a good thing."
Matt LeBlanc, who will be reprising his role on NBC's spinoff "Joey," said he would be agreeable to the idea if everyone else agreed to it.
But it was Matthew Perry who took the most pragmatic route. "Talk to me in 20 years. If I'm on really hard time, maybe I'll be pitching one," he told the magazine. Perry, who plays Chandler on "Friends," has tried to make the jump from the sitcom to the big screen, with limited success. Among his feature films are "The Whole Nine Yards" and, more recently "Serving Sara."
In fact, despite their television success, none of the show's male leads have been able to make a big splash on the big screen, which might explain their openness to future "Friends" projects.
For the women, however, a "Friends" reunion would cheapen the show's value, Jennifer Aniston said. "Do you remember the 'Brady Bunch' reunion show? You remember the 'Happy Days' reunion show? Were they ever good?" she asked EW.
The final episode of "Friends" airs May 6.
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Can I get one from you?
A dollar short on Christmas
Just a smile won't do.
Standing on the corner with my dog named Blue
She don't know it's Christmas
So it's down to you.
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Many times, many ways,
I'm a dollar short of happy now.
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The phone up to your ear,
The deal has fallen through
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On your face then did appear
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Or exercise machines
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Earlier this morning, a very disheveled looking Jaromir Jagr (or a really good impersonator) posted a video on Facebook presumbably after a few blackjack shoes that was entirely in Czech, in what can only be described as odd.
According to Puck Daddy and transcribed from sport.rz, Jagr allegedly talks about his future in the NHL looking "black."
For today's open thread, what do you guys make of this video and where do you guys think he's going to play next season according to his "black" theme? The Blackhawks? LA or Tampa with their black home sweaters? He couldn't possibly return to Pittsburgh could he?
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Many of you may remember the Lighting Effects Filter, which took a kind of vacation in Photoshop CS5. In CS4 and earlier, it allowed you to shine lights on to a 2-D image. You could even create emboss surfaces. Now Lighting effects is back and it's better than ever. We have much better controls than we used to have. It's also a larger environment that provides more accurate preview. Lighting effects is compatible with smart objects. So I'm going to select this Image layer and go to Layers panel fly-out menu and choose Convert to Smart Object.
Then I'll go up to the Filter menu and choose the Render command and choose Lighting Effects. And that brings up this big window, very much like the one we saw for the blur gallery. Now by default you have one spotlight. You can try out other presets, so Five Lights Down can be pretty interesting. And each one of them will throw some different lights on a scene. I'm going to switch back to default, however, so I have a single spotlight and I'm going to go ahead and edit that spot, starting by dragging this top handle up and over like so. Let's go ahead and zoom out a tiny bit more so I can see more of my image at a time.
Now you can also scale the size of the spot in a variety of different ways by dragging these round handles. And if you drag inside the light, then you're going to move it to a different location. This little item here allows you to define the intensity. So you can make light brighter or dimmer, and I recommend you keep your lights dim, when in doubt because the last thing you want to do is create blown highlights inside your image, generally speaking anyway. All right, I'm going to drag this guy down just a little bit. You can control the size of the hotspot, which is this inner ellipse, using this Hotspot slider over here in the Properties panel.
To create a new light, you go up here to this Options bar. So you can add a new spotlight that acts very much like a spotlight or a flashlight. That is to say you can change its position and you can change its direction. A Point Light is like a bare light bulb. You can change its position, but you can't point it in any direction, so you can't change its angle. And then finally, an Infinite Light is like the sunlight. You can't change its position because its infinitely far away, but you can change its direction. The Spotlight generally gives you the best control.
So I'm going to add another one by clicking on that Spotlight button, and then I'm going to increase its size like so. It's way too bright, of course, so let's go ahead and dim it down. And it's directed to the part of the image that's already being lit, so that makes it looks even brighter. Go ahead and drag that control upward, drag the light down a little bit as well, and I'm trying to avoid having any kind of light crease on any of the models heads. So I'll just keep moving these controls around until I get it right. And this is looking pretty good. I just don't want that shine on her forehead getting too bright.
So I might go ahead and take the Intensity value down, here inside the Properties panel. All right right about here it looks pretty good. Now, the top controls here, Color, Intensity, and Hotspot, as well as this pop-up menu, they all affect the active light. However, these other options toward the bottom, they affect the material and the material is the image itself. So for example, if you wanted to add some light to the scene, you could crank up the Ambience value. If you wanted to take little bit of light out of the scene, then you would reduce the Ambience value.
I'm going to take it down to -15. Now what's interesting about Ambience is it can have color associated with it. So I'll go ahead and click on the Color Swatch. Now because I'm working with a negative ambient value, I want to dial-in the opposite color. So if I want to warm up the scene, I would dial-in a cool color such as a Hue value of 210 degrees, Saturation value of 100%, and a Brightness value 100%. You can see that that's actually leaching blue out of the scene, again because of the negative ambience value, which creates a perception of adding warmth.
All right, now I'll click OK in order to except that change. I might increase the brightness now of this light just a tiny bit, because it needs to get some more light over here on the right hand side. All right. You can also experiment with the Gloss and Metallic values. So I'm going to go ahead and reduce the Gloss value actually to -70. Looks pretty good. And then I'm going to take this Exposure value down to -10 as well because I'm still trying to get some hotspots out of there. And this looks pretty good. So now I'll go ahead and click OK in order to accept the effect.
Now I was telling you not only can you light a 2-D image, but you can also add surface texture, and here is how that works. Let's say I want to take this credit card-like text and I want to emboss it into the scene. Here is how you pull that off. First of all, create your text, of course, and then Ctrl+Click on the Text layer, that would be a Command+Click on the Mac, in order to load it as a selection outline. Now I'm going to turn the Text layer off for a moment and I'm going to switch over to the Channels panel and then I'm going to drop-down to this icon here, that says Save Selection as Channel and I'll click on it and that goes ahead and creates an Alpha Channel based on this selection outline.
All right, now I'll press Ctrl+D, Command+ D on a Mac, in order to deselect the image. Let's switch to this Alpha Channel. I will go ahead and call it text, and I also want to add a little bit of a blur to it so our edges aren't too harsh. So I'll go to the Filter menu, choose Blur, and then choose Gaussian Blur. And I'll set the radius value to 4 pixels and click OK. All right, so now anything that's white will be raised and anything that's black will be sunken. All right, I'll switch back to the RGB image. Go ahead and switch back over to the Layers panel as well.
And because we assign Lighting effects as a smart filter, I can edit the settings just by double-clicking on the words Lighting Effects. And I'll scroll down my list all the way to the bottom and I'm going to change the texture from None to Text, which is that alpha channel I just created a moment ago. And now let's go ahead and add some height to this letters like so. So I'll take the Height value up to about 4 pixels. Looks pretty darn good, and you can see that Photoshop automatically embosses that text into the scene and lights those letters as well as.
As if they're raising up from the image. All right, now I'll click OK in order except that modification, and finally I'm going to turn the Text layer back on. Go ahead and click on it to select it. I'll press the 5 key to take the Opacity value down to 50% and then I'll change the Blend mode from Normal to Overlay. And that is at least one way to use the new and improved Lighting Effects Filter here inside Photoshop CS6.
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1951 Bowman Red Menace Complete Set (48)
Starting Bid - $200.00, Sold For - $4,350.00
One of the most popular and colorful trading card sets of the post-WW II era, Bowman Gum's "Red Menace" set was produced during the heart of the Cold War, and captures the political spirit of the times. This complete set of 48 cards (44 tan backs and 4 gray backs) ranges in grade from Ex to Nr/Mt (averaging Ex-Mt), with the exception of five cards which range from Vg to Vg-Ex. Keys: #1 "Reds Invade South Korea" (Ex), #19 "Atomic Doom" (Ex-Mt), #23 "Ghost City" (Vg), and #47 "War-Maker" (Ex). A very attractive, crisp, clean, overall high grade set of this classic, and extremely historically significant, 1950s non-sport issue. The set is accompanied by an original wrapper which is in Vg-Ex condition. Total 48 cards plus one wrapper. Reserve $200. Estimate $400/$800. SOLD FOR $4,350.00
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Will Obama wage more wars or won't he? He's already fighting multiple direct and proxy ones. November elections approach. Electoral priorities dictate policy.
On the one hand, Americans are fed up with wars. More risks offending supporters who want current ones ended. Holding back gives Republicans a campaign issue. Acting tough against alleged enemies sometimes sells well. Smart money says not now.
Doing the right thing doesn't matter. Imperial priorities take precedence. Odds favor full-scale Syrian intervention. Timing alone remains unknown. Consequences can wait for later. Will Iran be next?
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I am now 53. I practice law which I enjoy most of the time. I have 4 now grown up children who while they continue to drain my wallet do provide good company.
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The UW Field School at Tel Dor includes one field trip to northern Israel, usually organized for the end of the second week. On private Egged busses and accompanied by our experienced Egged guide, we will visit Manara, a kibbutz on the border with Lebanon (and the home of "Extreme Mountain Sledding"); take a rafting trip down the Jordan (followed by lunch); visit Capernaum (home of St. Peter and the glorious White Synagogue); and take a dip in the Kinneret, or Sea of Galilee. This amazing, educational, and fun-filled day trip is offered at no extra cost to UW Field School participants.and lunch is included.
Participants who wish to travel elsewhere in Israel are free to organize weekend trips at their own expense. Tel-Aviv, Akko, Jerusalem, and the Dead Sea are all reasonable weekend destinations and have been popular in previous seasons. Have questions about how to travel in Israel? Ask us!


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Greetings, all.
Despite our having requested that members of the general public be allowed more than two weeks amidst a major traveling holiday, public comments reference the Draft Purpose and Need are due to the Illinois Department of Transportation tomorrow, June 1st – the IDOT…Continue
Added by Rob on May 31, 2011 at 3:44pm — No Comments
I'm not sure what the status is on this since it's a few days old, but I wanted to share anyway:
Oak Park Police are questioning a man in connection with an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old as she waited for a school bus at about 7:30 a.m., Thursday. The name of the man is not being released pending determination of any charges.
The alleged victim told Police she was waiting for the bus near the corner of Washington Boulevard…
Added by Becca on May 30, 2011 at 9:32am — No Comments
If you haven't been to A Day in Our Village before, you should definitely check it out next weekend. We've gone a few times and have always enjoyed ourselves. It's a great way to get out and meet your fellow Oak Parkers and learn a thing or two along the way:
Scoville Park and Rehm Park are the places to be on Sun., June 5 when Oak Park's pre-eminent celebration of diversity and community involvement – A Day in…
Added by Becca on May 30, 2011 at 9:30am — 2 Comments
You might not be the next Tiger Woods—or even know which end of a putter is up.
No matter what your talent level, on Sunday, June 5, at the annual Day in Our Village at Oak Park's Scoville Park, you'll still be able to help the community cash in with your golfing skills.
There, the Oak Park-River Forest Community…Continue
Added by Matt Baron on May 27, 2011 at 10:03am — No Comments
I am hoping someone on this site has had a similar issue and found a solution!
I have that classic 20s / 30s tile that so many homeowners in Oak Park have in my kitchen and bathroom. The grout looks terrible, the tiles themselves appear dirty, and some are cracked and should ideally be replaced. I have tried without much success to at least clean it up - I have not tried any harsh cleaners for fear of causing more damage.
Does anyone have any recommendations…Continue
Added by Meg on May 24, 2011 at 12:54pm — 6 Comments
Here's a video of what transpired when I went out with one of my students and her friends to offer 'free hugs' to passersby at the entrance of Scoville Park from noon to 2:00 on May 1. It was an amazing experience for all of us.
Added by Kevin Reid on May 20, 2011 at 11:00pm — 3 Comments
When I came out of my garage this morning, I saw a black garbage bag sitting outside of our trash can in the alley. I wasn't sure how it got there and made a mental note to put it in the can when I returned. When I came back and picked up the bag, I noticed it seemed unusually heavy and a little too round-yet-lumpy to be filled with kitchen trash.
Added by Becca on May 20, 2011 at 9:00pm — 11 Comments
In 1933, my mother, Gertrude "Trudel" Adler, who was then 21 years old wrote in her diary,
"There is no future for Jewish youth in Germany. I think I shall go to Palestine."
But a relative in Chicago sent her papers and on May 8, 1934, she left her home in…
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I was driving home from work today and noticed that Division Street now has bike lanes. I'm not sure when they were painted, but I think they're fairly recent. Has anyone else noticed new bike lanes in their neck of the woods?
Added by Becca on May 19, 2011 at 9:00pm — 3 Comments
Bring Grandma and the kids... this is a family affair!
Mr. D. w/his Magic and Illusion Show will have performances at 11:30 and 1:30. He's bringing his magic truck and it looks like it will be a lot of fun. Kids can also help paint a mural or have their face painted. Brown Cow will be selling cold…Continue
Added by Colleen Shannon on May 18, 2011 at 4:30pm — No Comments
Sophia Lloyd, the executive director of the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation, will be the guest speaker on Wednesday, May 25, at the Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest's weekly luncheon.
Lloyd will share insights about the Communityworks campaign that is under…Continue
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For some reason, I often forget about the Prairie Bread Kitchen when we're thinking about where to go for lunch. I think part of it is the location and the other part is that I'm not a big sandwich eater.
But whenever we do go there, I'm always reminded how truly delicious it is. The bread is always soft. The sandwiches are filling. The pound cake with the icing on the top makes my heart flutter.
I usually use this blog to write about new restaurants and…Continue
Added by Becca on May 17, 2011 at 8:30pm — 8 Comments
My fellow homeless compatriot Steve walked into the Forest Park, IL Friday night shelter in early January 2011. He had just lost his wife to cancer and all of his worldly possessions to the mortgage company that foreclosed on his home. Everything Steve and his wife had is gone. He has a huge pile of medical bills to pay for treatment trying to stop his wife from dying of cancer.
Added by Revolution MacInnes on May 17, 2011 at 5:00pm — 8 Comments
Just wanted to post a reminder for everyone about Earth Fest:
Community-wide Earth Fest set for Sat., May 21
Earth Fest 2011, a gathering of eco-friendly vendors, groups, children's activities and live entertainment, is set for 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., Sat., May 21, at the Oak Park Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd.
In its inaugural year, Earth Fest drew more than 250 people and event organizers hope to double that number in 2011. More than 40…
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There is an important I-290 meeting on May 18th that you should attend, details of which are captioned at the bottom of this post.
Added by Rob on May 12, 2011 at 9:26am — 5 Comments
I am in an interesting play Friday at 7:30 and Sunday the 22nd at 2. It is part of Polarity Theatre's Dionysus Festival and is performed in nearby Bucktown at 1500 N. Bell. Tickets are only $5 for our show or $10 for the full festival. It is not a traditional staged reading, but more of a play with scripts. It isn't air conditioned, so dress lightly if you come. More information can be found at www.petheatre.com. Here's a…Continue
Added by Joyce Porter on May 12, 2011 at 9:18am — No Comments
When it gets cold out, my Oak Park exploration activities tend to take a dip. So, I had no idea that construction was already underway in the old cafe Minou spot at 104 North Marion Street until I passed by yesterday. According to a story on Patch, the new place is called Munch. It sounds like they could be cooking up something inside from a decor perspective because I also came across this…Continue
Added by Becca on May 11, 2011 at 11:00pm — 5 Comments
A few days ago, I wrote a blog post about M. Hermann's, the new restaurant that just opened on Des Plains in Forest Park.