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A jaw-dropping audio tape played in Warren Jeffs' sexual assault trial Tuesday shows the church leader instructing his sister wives that they must 'work together' to please him sexually.
Mr Jeffs, the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is accused of sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 15, he took as brides in 'spiritual marriages.'
He objected as the tape was prepared, and his frustrations continued as it was played, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The 90-minute segment details how the young brides should become 'so natural as clothed as unclothed' and always shower before getting near him.
Mr Jeffs is also heard instructing the woman on how to maintain their pubic hair, and a woman is heard showing the other wives how to properly shave their armpits.
He says on the tape: 'No one sits around, everyone assists each other.'
This came after a doctor and forensic analyst testified the 55-year-old Jeffs was the father of a 15-year-old's child.
An excerpt from hundreds of pages of Mr Jeffs' personal journals said the child was 'pure and innocent and willing to obey' and he summoned her parents and 'informed them of their girl belonging to me.'
Prosecutors played the tape of Warren Jeffs talking to the girl when she was 14 after Texas Ranger Nick Hannah testified about documents and electronic files seized during a 2008 police raid at the church's remote compound in West Texas.
Among the documents seized was a record of Jeffs' spiritual marriage 'for time and all eternity' with the 14-year-old in January 2004.
The FLDS church believes polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
Followers see Jeffs as a prophet who is God's spokesman on earth.
Hannah read from Mr Jeffs' journals, which said he took the 14-year-old the night after their wedding with him and another of his new wives on a car ride outside the church's headquarters along the Utah-Arizona border for 'training.'
There, he instructed them on their responsibilities as his wives and had the session taped. The recording was transcribed and placed in church records later seized by police.
Lead prosecutor Eric Nichols played the tape for jurors, who followed along using transcripts.
The recording was difficult to understand due to traffic noise, and the transcript wasn't made public.
'A good wife is trained for her husband and follows the spirit of peace,' Jeffs is heard saying.
He also makes reference to 'drawing close' or 'being close,' which is how church members refer to sex. Two female voices are heard saying 'OK.'
In writing about the session in his journal later, Jeffs said he told his wives they were 'honorable vessels, property of your husband's kingdom and the Kingdom of God on Earth.'
Mr Jeffs has represented himself since firing his high-powered attorneys last week.
He objected half a dozen times to the tape being played, arguing that the training session was protected by religious privacy rights.
State District Judge Barbara Walther overruled him.
Hannah read excerpts of Mr Jeffs' journal where he described the Lord ordering him to visit Eldorado, Texas, about 45 miles south of San Angelo, and the church purchasing 1,700 acres of land outside the town for $1.2 million in 2003. He called the area 'Place of Refuge 17,' or R-17.
'This will only be a place of refuge if it is kept sacred and secret,' Mr Jeffs wrote, adding that his followers should populate the area and let 'a community grow here more in hiding before the neighbors find out.'
He told followers to plant cotton and raise animals and said they could build whatever they wanted thanks to Texas' lax zoning laws. Construction teams working around-the-clock erected dozens of buildings, including a sprawling, white-limestone temple.
Texas authorities raided the compound in April 2008 after receiving a call to an abuse hotline that turned out to be a hoax.
More than 400 FLDS children who were placed in protective custody were eventually returned to their families.
But police saw underage girls who were clearly pregnant and found Jeffs' journals and the other documents in a vault at the end of a secret passageway in the temple.
Another vault in an annex building provided still more records and files.
Jeffs and 11 other FLDS men were charged with crimes including sexual assault and bigamy. So far, all seven who have been prosecuted have been convicted ó receiving prison sentences of between six and 75 years.
The development comes after gasps were released from juors yesterday when pictures were revealed showing him kissing and cuddling a 12-year-old girl.
The photographs show Jeffs with a young redhead, who he is alleged to have raped, grinning and kissing the girl.
The images were said to have been taken July 27, 2006 ñ days after the girl's 12th birthday.
Jeffs also made a third attempt to remove the trial judge Barbara Walther yesterday, claiming God himself had demanded she 'step away from this abuse of power against a religious and pure faith in the Lord'.
He addressed the judge directly, saying: 'I, your lord, say to you, I shall bring to light your evil intent now, before all people, to destroy my Church on earth.'
Jeffs has repeatedly called the raid an illegal search and wants a separate hearing on whether authorities violated his First Amendment rights to freedom of religion.
Mrs Walther, who walks with a limp after suffering polio in childhood, has refused - prompting three different calls to recuse her by the defendant, whose followers believe is God's spokesman.
Jeffs also attached what he called 'Exhibit A', consisting of 29 orders from the Lord, including one in which God sent 'a crippling disease upon (Walther) which shall take her life soon.'
He regularly objects when prosecutors enter new evidence ó arguing that his religious freedoms are being trampled.
Yesterday Jeffs told the court: 'We are a people of historical abuse. This is not new to us because of prejudice in the populace and government.'
Lawyers usually ignore his objections and let Mrs Walther overrule them.
But yesterday lead prosecutor Eric Nichols finally hit out by responded that 'this is not a proceeding against a people. This is a proceeding against an individual.'
Mrs Walther yesterday ruled that a hearing would eventually take place on Mr Jeffs's motion, but that the trial would continue.
She said new Texas Supreme Court rules meant that an immediate hearing was no longer required to recuse a judge after a case has beguns.
No date has been set for a hearing on Jeffs' motion.
The trial continued with forensic analyst Amy Smuts, of the Human Identification Center at the University of North Texas in Fort Worth, testifying that a DNA sample collected from Jeffs had 15 major markers that matched a sample taken from a girl born to a 15-year-old mother.
Miss Smuts said that made her 'more than 99.99 per cent certain' that Jeffs fathered the child, who was born in October 2005.
In other testimony, former sect member Rebecca Musser explained that FLDS women are taught that they must rely on their husbands or fathers to find grace in heaven.
She also said the church governs all aspects of members' lives, from dictating when they wake up every day to what clothes they wear, what work they do, how they comb their hair, and what they eat.
Miss Musser was born into the sect but left in 2002. She was married in 1995, at age 19, to 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren Jeffs' father and predecessor as ecclesiastical leader.
She said Warren personally gave detailed lectures to young girls on what was expected of them sexually once they were ordered into spiritual marriages with older members.
'They are taught what the duties are as a wife to that husband, not just spiritually but physically,' she said.
'You give yourself to him and that means body, mind and spirit.'
Mr Nichols asked: 'Are young girls taught that giving themselves to that man and pleasing him is, in effect, pleasing God?'
'Yes,' Miss Musser replied.
Authorities raided the Yearning For Zion compound, 45 miles south of San Angeleno, after receiving an anonymous call to an abuse shelter, alleging that girls at the compound were being forced into polygamist marriages.
The call turned out to be a hoax, and more than 400 children who had been placed in state custody were returned to their families.
But police seized marriage records and thousands of pages of documents and eventually charged Jeffs and 11 other FLDS men.
All seven sect members who have been prosecuted so far were convicted of crimes including sexual assault and bigamy and received prison sentences of between six and 75 years.
Jeffs went through seven attorneys in the six months leading up to the trial, firing his last defence team just as opening statements were to begin.
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Boyfriend pistol whips woman, now facing assault charges | POLICE BLOTTER
The following information was compiled from Renton Police Department case reports.
A Renton woman was pistol-whipped by her boyfriend of two months Feb. 2 when she wouldn't let him use her car.
The 28-year-old Kent man had come into her room, punched her in the head, pointed a silver handgun at her and then hit her with it. He then left with her car. She didn't report the incident because she wanted her car back. He returned the next day and apologized.
They argued again and the man took the car keys but not the car.
At about 3 a.m. Feb. 7, she heard a loud crash. The boyfriend had kicked in the front door. A man and woman were with him. He took his belongings and fled in a Mercedes Benz that had been sitting in a neighbor's driveway.
Fearing for her safety, the now ex-girlfriend reported the pistol-whipping. The injuries were probable cause to charge the boyfriend with second-degree assault.
An officer pursued the Mercedes on Blaine Avenue N.E.
The female driver pulled over but did a U-turn as the officer was getting out of her cruiser. The officer pointed her spotlight, got a good look at the driver and yelled, "What are you doing?"
The chase resumed. The Mercedes stopped in front of the ex-girlfriend's house and a man got out and jumped a fence. The officer didn't pursue him farther.
Another officer couldn't catch up with a Mercedes that was fleeing southbound on Interstate 405.
Kent Police officers assisted in trying to locate the female driver and the ex-boyfriend. The vehicle was found at a Kent apartment, but no one answered the door; the apartment's lights were on. Citations for the female driver were forwarded to the Renton city prosecutor.
Renton woman bilked of $1,700
Four women driving in a minivan asked the 45-year-old Renton woman where the action is in Renton.
She said she was headed for a karaoke bar. It was about 11 p.m. Feb. 6 and she told officers she was drunk. The minivan's driver offered her a ride.
One of the women needed cash but had forgotten her debit card. She told the Renton woman she would write her a check if she would use her debit card to withdraw cash for her. She agreed.
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They went to Safeway to get the remaining $200, but she only got $20. Still needing $180, they went to another casino, where the Renton woman took out a cash advance on her credit card.
They then dropped her off at the karaoke bar.
The check was written for $700. There were no current records for the names on the check.
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Bottom line: Don't miss these 100-plus hours of a fantasy phenomenon.
Ages: 6 and up
Monopoly was a staple of family game night when we were kids. But this console game version goes far beyond the cardboard and plastic set we played. In Monopoly Collection (Wii), it's as if you and your family have been shrunk to game-piece size so you can move right in to live in Park Place, spend a night in jail, and construct your tenements from the ground up. And there is no need to buy another board to change the setting: Just choose from a menu that offers everything from the classic city-setting to jungle, arctic, or future.
Bottom line: A classic game parents already love, animated and brought to life to the delight of younger (and older) folks. Family game night will no longer be plagued by lost plastic pieces and you will, for a change, be the one familiar with the rules of play.
Ages: 6-11
Kitchen Science teaches: early chemistry, math (measurement), cause and effect
What do you do with a fork, tomato, and lightbulb? This is no joke — it's a science experiment!
Aspiring Madame Curies and Dmitri Mendeleevs (not a science history buff? Mendeleev developed the first periodic table) will unleash magic and mystery with this science-in-a-box that incites kids to muck up the kitchen, all in the name of chemistry.
Along with creating electricity (see above: tomato, fork, and lightbulb), your young chemist can claim that she is, in fact, a rocket scientist after launching her own rocket. Unlike some DIY junior science kits, this one is smartly put together: its creators understand what an elementary schooler actually can do and wants to do. However, like most science kits, parents must provide plenty of ingredients — and of course be on hand to oversee measuring and to make sure the science lab, a.k.a kitchen, doesn't end up a complete disaster zone.
Bottom line: Pure amusement, with plenty of learning tucked into every experiment.
By Colin Meloy, illustrated by Carson Ellison
Ages: 9 and up
"I have no idea what's going on but I'm not insane . . . So if you're going to come along, you're going to have to believe this stuff too." So declares Prue, the gutsy 12-year-old heroine of this adventure fantasy, the first in a projected trilogy. It's not hard to believe the richly imagined world conjured here in a Portland, Oregon forest known to locals as the Impassable Wilderness. When a flock of crows snatch Prue's baby brother, she and goofy classmate Curtis must venture into that fearsome Wilderness to rescue him. There they encounter a world where animals talk, plants feel, postmen carry double-barreled rifles, and a terrible power struggle is taking place. Two other pleasures of the book: Ellison's elegant illustrations and Meloy's vocabulary-stretching language.
Bottom line: Wildwood is a great read for fans of such classic fantasies as The Chronicles of Narnia or Alice in Wonderland.
Ages: 7 and up
Got an iPad and a kid who likes to draw on it? Turn digital finger painting into a stunning art experience with the Nomad Compose , a brush designed for "painting" with pixels. It works with whatever painting or drawing app you like and feels as if you are working with a brush on paper. It's a remarkable sensation. The brush is 7" long and comes with two interchangeable tips: each tip creates completely different textures on the page...er, screen.
Bottom line: A paintbrush for the digital age that makes creating art on a tablet both futuristic and inspiring.
Ages: 9 and up
Future Farm provides everything your future farmer needs to build her own mini garden: tweezers and pipettes, mask and gloves, sand and water purification supplies — all you need to buy are the seeds. The kit teaches the science of hydroponics – the plants are cultivated without soil — as well as lessons on growing, feeding, watering, and propagating plants.
We have a single caveat: The kit, which smartly conveys lessons about caring for the earth, is made almost entirely of plastic, which sends a confusing message about environmental stewardship.
Bottom line: Your child can grow a cornucopia of miniature crops, right in her bedroom!


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Authorities suspect alcohol was a factor in a car crash near Thibodaux that left a Kenner man dead on Tuesday evening, WWL-TV reports.
Cesar Castillo-Ortiz, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred on Highway 308 about 5:30 p.m. Castillo-Ortiz was a passenger in 2001 Chevrolet Aztec being driven by Manuel Dejesus Velasquez Mejia.
Mejia overcorrected after leaving the roadway and hit a tree on the side of the highway, the station reported. Mejia was taken to a local hospital to treat minor injuries and was then booked with vehicular homicide, improper lane usage and driving with no license.


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Ship strikes
Ship strikes are to blame for 90% of North Atlantic right whale deaths for which the cause is known (excluding deaths from natural causes such as old age). However, they are only one of the whale species directly threatened by shipping.
WWF is working towards reducing the shipping threats to cetaceans, especially the risks posed to the North Atlantic right whale.


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DADT, R.I.P: Why the Anti-Gay Policy Vanished without Ill Effects
James E. Parco
Colorado College
David A. Levy
U.S. Air Force Academy - Department of Management
September 17, 2012
Armed Forces Journal, pg. 24-26, September 2012
Seventeen years after 10 USC 654 banned openly gay service members on the grounds of negative impacts to unit cohesion, military effectiveness, morale, good order and discipline, the United States officially military ended "don't ask, don't tell." During this period, significant evidence emerged from the actions of other western US allies revealing that the biggest story of repeal was no story at all. Remaining quietly behind the public discourse, many political and senior military leaders refused to acknowledge the evidence that ran contrary to the fundamental arguments set forth in the current policy. The most notable effect is a persistent gap between the martial masculine values inherent in military culture and the evolving attitudes towards the society that pays the bills. Although DADT repeal has been treated as a policy issue, the reality is that until military leaders acknowledge it as a leadership issue, inequity between the demographics within the armed forces will persist.
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Scott Brown coverage last night was sickening
Of the big three cable news networks, only one really carried Scott Brown's speech live: Fox News Channel. CNN was preoccupied with Anderson Cooper in Haiti. Apparently the 24-hour news cycle just doesn't have enough space for a 10-minute speech by someone who just turned the tide of, not only the U.S. Senate and the health care debate, but possibly of national politics.
Clarification: CNN did show the first seven minutes of the speech. The speech lasted 24 minutes.
Meanwhile, MSNBC did something far worse. It allowed its main extremist pundit, its answer to Glen Beck, to lead its live news coverage. When Scott Brown made a comment in his speech about how the networks may not even be covering him, I switched over to see Keith Olbermann ranting in a split screen, audio on Olbermann, of course. From what I see today on YouTube, he smeared Brown all night, sorta correcting the record in one rant, dismissing the responses to lies he had told earlier and comin gback with more name-calling.
Update: Keith Olbermann has responded by attacking me …
Say what you will about Fox News, but I don't think they would let Glen Beck anchor a live news event.


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[INDENT]The US inflated the $700,000 bill for damages it slapped on UFO hacker Gary McKinnon by stuffing it with costs incurred for patching the gaping holes the hacker had exposed in its computer security, according to a document filed with the Supreme Court.
The US had not taken reasonable steps to protect its security and now expects McKinnon to pick up the bill, said an expert witness statement made in McKinnon's ongoing appeal against a US extradition order.
Peter Sommer, professor of security at the London School of Economics, said damage assessments of computer security breaches should consider "whether the victims have taken reasonable steps to limit the damage".
"Any firewall also ought to block the 'ports' [internet access points on a computer] used by Remotely Anywhere. On this basis, the costs claimed for are features that should have been there in the first place."
Sommer, who once advised insurers underwriting the risks of computer damage, said hackers could not be held accountable for the "consequential loss" resulting from their intrusion into systems unprotected by "preventative measures for reasonably foreseeable hazards".
"Insurers will not insure computers or computer-dependent businesses in the absence of reasonable levels of protection and means of recovery," he said.
But security experts in the US said McKinnon should be liable for the full $700,000 of security checks performed in his wake.
Professor Eugene Spafford, founder of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Indiana's Purdue University, said the victim of a cybercrime should not take the blame. If someone broke a door to rob a store, he said, it was usual to charge them the cost of the door.
Anthony Reyes, a former cybercrime detective who helped develop the US Cyber Counter Terrorism Investigations Program, said, "Just because security is weak, it doesn't give you a red flag to go into a computer system and start browsing around."
[/INDENT]Count me with Peter Sommer on this one; I consider Reyes' "red flag" quote to be specious, and respect Spaf as I greatly do, walking up to a door and through it regardless of a presumed "No Entry" sign does not constitute "breaking it down"; maybe faffing with buffer overflows [I]does[/I] but having recently had 5 doors replaced at £200 per diem I am well aware of the difference between replacing broken doors and configuring a firewall properly.
Also: firewall rules do not need to be painted or weatherproofed, and they are more easily draught-proofed – at least, if they are not being installed by the US Military.
There is a perpetual tension in security analogies between the physical and virtual worlds, and all analogies break down eventually. My distribution of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_%28software%29"]Crack[/URL] back in the 90s was described as "handing out guns" [URL="http://tinyurl.com/n88wtr"](example response)[/URL] – yet today it's mostly forgotten, and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_ripper"]software[/URL] which usurped it[1] is on the [URL="http://www.openwall.com/john/"]verge of being forgotten, too[/URL].
Nowadays there are just far too many [I]other[/I] ways to hack, and the security challenge today exceeds the capabilities of the security generalist; that's probably a good thing, it guarantees us all employment – [IMG]http://www.crypticide.com/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif[/IMG] – but it also does increase the scope for bad analogy. [URL="http://nmap.org/"]NMap[/URL] was [I]bad[/I] and became [I]good[/I], [URL="http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/10/25/glossary/index.html"]Stumblers[/URL] were evil – and WarChalking was the sigil of the beast, even if I never saw any – yet now every phone has a "Wifi Scanner" application.
It's all a matter of getting over the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neophobia"]neophobia[/URL].
[1] cloning Crack's dictionary generation in the process – imitation is the sincerest, Solar? [IMG]http://www.crypticide.com/wp/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif[/IMG]
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Continuing our series of text effect Photoshop tutorials, this week, we'll be looking at how to use shapes (similar in style to those from our recent surreal tutorials) to create an ornamental text effect in Photoshop. You'll see how to wield the pen tool to create shapes, and how to paint as well as burn the shapes to create a 3D illusion.
Next, you'll see how to use these shapes to form letters and create a fun colorful text effect.
A few other Photoshop text effect tutorials you might be interested in are:
- Colorful Candy 3D Text Effect Tutorial
- Awesome 3D Text Effect in Photoshop Only Tutorial
- Dynamic Shattering Text Effect Tutorial
- Beautiful Nature 3D Text Composition Tutorial
Tools used:
- Adobe Photoshop
Final Image Preview
Step 1: Document Creation/Background Creation
As usual, we will start by creating a new document. The size of and DPI of your document is up to you but keep in mind that its much easier to size something down then to boost up the size! Having said that I went with 3000*2000 with a DPI of 300. Once you document is created we need to create a background, like normal we will start (and finish this time) with a simple gradient. With your colors set to light grey and white select the gradient tool (the one with the black on the outside and white on the inside) and draw a gradient like I have in the below screenshot. Keep in mind that if you just want the solid grey that's fine, the white is not a dominant trait in the background so you can take it out if you like.
Now its time to start our text! To do this switch your type tool on (T on your keyboard) and set your type up as mine is in the below screenshot. Keep in mind that this is a taste issue, the font can be changed as you like (as well as the text).
Now that you have it set up its time to drop your text down. I was originally going to do "I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me" from the Beck song, not that I'm a huge fan or anything, but I ran out of time, so for me, "I'm a loser" will suffice. But you can place down any text you like for this.
Now due to the strange kerning of this font, I kept the "I am" text and "Loser" text on two separate layers, which is why they are represented here in yellow and red.
Now its time to hollow it out! To do this click the F on your layers menu and select "Stroke". Once you have done that set yours up as mine is in the below screenshot.
Now once you have pressed ok change the FILL for your layer to 0% and leave the opacity at 100%. This should result in something like the below screenshot.
Now the "Loser" text.
Step 2: Shape creation
Now its time to make our shapes. We have discussed this before but it has been brought to our attention that some still don't know exactly how to do it, so, this time around we hope to show the technique with a little bit more depth and clarity.
Now make a new layer and fill it with blue.
Now go ahead and grab your pen tool, P on your keyboard and set it up like mine is in the below screenshot.
Now just make a random loopy shape. Something like a distorted bean should work fine.
Once your shape is finished and closed (all the lines connect) right click and select make selection and then just press ok when the dialog box comes up.
Now we have a selection of our shape that we can cut and paste back into the document.
Now its time to dodge our blue shape and then burn it, this is the process that takes the flat 2D shape and makes it into a 3D shape.
So to start off press O on your keyboard and set your dodge tool up as mine is in the below screenshot, then just right click and set your brush up like mine in the below screenshot. Keep in mind my document size when you see my brush size, if your working on a document smaller like 1200*800 you will need to obviousally use a smaller brush!
Now just go along one of the sides with your brush, you see that it goes from dark blue to a light shade of cyan, this inturn becomes the side that's in the light.
Now we can switch over to our burn tool, with the same brush and repeat this process on the opposite side.
Now despite the fact that there is no direct light source in our document you should still go with the basic idea of how this works. Take for instance the below screenshot, light comes from one side and hits the shape, this being our cyan side, the opposing side is darker because the light is not shinging on it, this in turn is the burnt side.
For now you could say our shape is complete and ready to be incorparated into the text. But why do thar if you can use this shape to make two other shapes? This can save you allot of time if done correctly, so lets go over how to go about doing it.
Start off by rotating your shape 90 degrees then apply a twirl filter like I have done below.
This should turn your shape into something like the below screenshot.
This in turn is another useable shape for us! But wait, what if we liquified this shape?
Take a look at the below screenshot. Using the warp forward tool, I pushed inward on the right side, grabbed the right 'tail' and pulled it out and then grabbed the top section and did a 2 shaped motion. This turned the shape into the below screenshot.
This turned the shape into the below screenshot.
Remember this shape could also be twirled if you wanted!
But now its time to start making a lot of shpaes. Below is some screen caps of my shapes during creation.
I kept all of my shapes (un-3D'd) on a single layer, they look like the below screenshot.
Now lets take a look at two of my 3D shapes.
These both look fine, but we don't want to make a all blue text piece (well maybe you do)!
So lets adjust the hue with our hue and saturation editor.
This makes our shape look like the below screenshot. And as you can see, its still 3D.
Whats the point? Well lets do it again.
This is NOT 3D. So on to the point, move carefully with your hue adjustments, or you could wind up with something like the above screenshot which is flat and well… boring. If you happen to run into this, maybe you cant seem to get a specific color the way you want it the way to go about fixing this is to just re-dodge/burn it in while it is the new color.
So now just continue make shapes! Once you have a unbelivable amount of shapes created in a variety of colors we can continue on to placement!
Step3: Text placement
Ok, so now we have our text made, hollowed out and we have a smogesborg of shapes its time to start throwing them down on the canvas!
So lets start off with the L in "loser" by placing a shape in the bottom section of it. Try to keep your shape in side the L's outline.
Now just continue building up wards (or downwards), do not start in the middle and work your way out, this method just does not work as well at all.
As you can see in the above two screenshots another thing to keep in mind is color placement, as we have stated before, we do not want a all blue piece! So vary those colors! Put some green with blue or red, don't bunch them all together!
Now as you can see in the below screenshot, my shapes do infact leave the saftey zone so to speak. But this is okay if you have just one or two shapes that barley drift outwards, what you don't want is long pieces sticking out that obstruct the shape of your letter so much so that the letter is no longer recognizeable.
My finished L looks like the below screenshot.
Now continue on with the rest of your letters, my finished font looks like the below screenshot.
I then duplicated all of my shapes, grayscaled the duplicated layer and set it to overlay at 50% opacity. This is not required but in my case it helped define the highlights and shadows of my shapes.
And now we are done, I hoped this time we shed all of the 'light' on this needed so you can go on to create your own works of art using this great and simple technique! The below screenshot is my finished image.
I hope you enjoyed reading my tutorial and wound up with an image you like! Or came out with knowing a few new tricks! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.
Also, if you have any ideas for future tutorials please say so!


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"Taking pictures of flowers helps me to remember the names so that I can later share my knowledge with visitors," Jake said.
In 2012, Jake had a plan to take it to the next level. He wanted to see how many species of wildflowers he could find in a single season. His goal: 120 species.
"People are so surprised by the diversity of wildflowers in Denali. During peak wildflower season [early July], it's possible to see fifty or sixty species on a single hike. I wanted to showcase the diversity of Denali's wildflowers to everyone, even people who have never been here, using social media."
After ten weeks of exploring Denali's marshes, bogs, riverbeds, mountains, drainages, tundra, and taiga, he was able to identify 185 species, including a species (Gentianella tenella) never before seen on the north side of the Alaska Range. "Every week I just kept finding more and more. It even surprised me how many I ended up seeing." When asked if he will try and beat his record next year, he replied, "I think I want to try mushrooms next."
You can find all 185 images in the gallery below, as a set on Flickr or in a Facebook gallery.
You can also download the free "Wildflowers of Denali" poster inspired by Jake's 'Project Wildflower 2012.'


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The original #58 spoke with Joe and Evan on WFAN and shared his color on the Giants highly entertaining win this against the Romo-less Dallas Cowboys.
Many accolades to the Offensive Line in giving Eli time as they are "clicking on all cylinders," which is also exemplified by the effectiveness in the running game. They are clearly "adapting to both running styles" of Bradshaw and Jacobs. Carl praised Jacobs and forewarned the opposing defenses that "you are just now starting to see Brandon Jacobs' game" and "he is only going to get stronger."
Shaun "O'Hara and (Rich) Seubert handled Ratliff" as they ran effectively up the middle for the 2nd week in a row. Pete remarked how we saw more of Andrews at TE to help Diehl out against Ware. Hopefully we will indeed see more of Andrews.
Banks feels it is "luxury to have a big return guy" and we just need to "lower our expectations for the return game." They need and "hope to get to the league average" in terms of return yards as this Offense is more than good enough to do the rest. Just curious but he did not mention anything about the coverage team and the atrocious gaffes on Bryant's 93 yard punt return. Just hope Coughlin demands Quinn to have Dodge direct the ball out of bounds from here on out against the likes of DeSean Jackson, Leon Washington, Percy Harvin etc.
Unfortunately, not everything was rosy and positive. Turnover issues are front and center. Bradshaw has just "gotta' figure out that you don't always have to fight for that extra yard" which leaves you vulnerable to losing the football. Be content. Be content with "getting that first down" and "let's move on to the next play." We heard and addressed this many times but "Jacobs has got to get his pads lower" in order to avoid the strips. Banks has a "real concern" as it relates to the receivers- they need take the tipped balls "more seriously." The time will come when they are in a "grind it out game" and those "tipped balls come at the inopportune time" and cost you a game. Banks was on ESPN with Tony Dorsett to preview the game and he ripped Favre to shreds about his "recklessness." Although Eli "is not reckless like Favre.. the same holds true for Eli, as it is not okay to make bad decisions with the football." Bryan Broaddus of ESPN-Dallas, a former scout for the Eagles and Cowboys, discussed prior to the game some of the concerns about Eli:
Manning struggles the most with turnovers when he feels pressure. There are times where his decision-making is poor because of the way he handles pressure. There are times when faced with a rush that he is nowhere near as accurate as he needs to be. He will make his receivers work for the ball way too often.
It is interesting to observe the current state of the NFL and who are the haves and have nots. Banks feels there is "more mediocrity than parity" across the league. He feels this can be attributed to the "lack of attention to detail" and "not (being) focused enough for 60 minutes.. coaches gotta' coach better." When we look at the teams with success right now we are drawn to the likes of Kansas City, Indianapolis and of course the "Patriots (who) win with the little things." This all brings us back to the current state of the Gmen and their "potential" for this season.
Major kudos to Coughlin and his staff for getting this team focused and fighting after being down earlier this season. The turmoil that was brewing not long ago with Rolle's statements was an important juncture. The team focused on Rolle's desire for improvement instead of looking at it as rebellion within. It is now in Coughlin's and his coaching staff's hands to harness this "scary talent" and channel it for "60 minutes" of football in every game. Because per Banks, "coaches will coach toward your mistakes" and "will keep the game close," waiting to take advantage of Eli's "poor-decision making", the receivers' tipped balls, and the running backs' fumbles. In order to become a "dominant team" they "have to tidy up the(se) little things." In addition, Banks was concerned with Eli's usage of the word 'potential'. "Potential is a dangerous word" as the Gmen "can take things for granted because of their potential" and rely on the instances where they produced a total dismemberment of the Cowboys for 2 quarters.
Coughlin has always prided himself on mistake-free football and taking care of the ball. Let's see what they've learned after the bye week. Seattle comes next and Banks correctly notes that "falling behind in a place like that with the 12th man" will be tougher to overcome.
Separately, Matthias Kiwanuka has been placed on season-ending IR. Will Blackmon has been signed as a special teams returner.
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Christian Rodriguez, Tommy Donofrio, Brian Begley and Matt Bauer fueled a four-goal outburst in the second period as Morristown, No. 9 in The Star-Leedger Top 20, rolled Sparta, 7-1, a t Skylands Ice World in Stockholm.
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Six UPMC Altoona employees had the opportunity to participate in legislative meetings in Harrisburg on March 11.
The Altoona group traveled with two busloads of UPMC employees from other locations.
The UPMC participants were split into small groups, and each had the opportunity to meet with two to three legislators or staff.
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UPMC Altoona employees visited Harrisburg for UPMC Health Care Professionals' Advocacy Day. Shown are (from left):?front — Barb Kuhn, registered nurse, clinical manager; and Brenda Smithmyer, RN, nurse manager; back — Greg Madison, cardio/pulmonary specialty services manager; Kevin Pruznak, RN, nurse manager; Michele Iuzzolino, RN, clinical manager; and Dave Bickers, RN, certified registered nurse practitioner.
Each group was accompanied by a lobbyist who helped facilitate discussion.
Michele Iuzzolino, clinical manager in the emergency department, was among those who attended.
"Each of us were ready with a one- to two-sentence introduction that explained what we do and how government intervention in the health care market would make it harder for us to treat patients," Iuzzolino said. "It was a great experience."


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CDO Market Implosion and the Pricing of Subprime Mortgage-Backed Securities
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Stuart A. Gabriel
University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Management
Anthony B. Sanders
George Mason University - School of Management
March 1, 2009
We evaluate the effects of CDO issuance on the pricing of subprime mortgage-backed securities. Upon controlling for mortgage option values and other well-established determinants of credit spreads, GMM results indicate that the emergence and rapid capitalization of the subprime-backed CDO market was associated with a significant tightening of subprime MBS/Treasury yield spreads. Results of VAR and other robustness tests serve to corroborate the findings. Dynamic simulation based on the impulse response functions shows substantial subprime MBS spread widening in the wake of implosion in the CDO market. Those effects likely were passed back to the primary market in the form of diminished investor demand and related reduced pricing of subprime loans. Research findings also suggest the importance of supply/demand shocks associated with innovations in derivative securities markets to the pricing of securitized subprime debt.
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Mayor Annise Parker, at a police cadet class, is more focused on basic services than gay rights
During her successful mayoral campaign, Annise Parker made it abundantly clear that advancing the interests of Houston's gay community wouldn't be near the top of her policy agenda. She was, after all, seeking to take the helm of a city government facing serious financial and service-delivery challenges.
Much of the national news coverage of Parker's election focused on her history-making role as the first openly gay mayor of a major U.S. city. Parker sat patiently through all the interviews and gave various versions of the same answer: Yes, I'm a lesbian and proud of my community, but I'm running to make life better for all Houstonians.
If any local pundits don't think this was a wise political strategy, we haven't heard from them. But one journalist, writing in the Boston Globe, has questioned Parker's stance on moral grounds, suggesting that first-of-a-kind public figures such as Parker and President Barack Obama feel they must "water down the fight for equality" to avoid the pitfalls of identity politics.
Another recent piece on the Web site Daily Kos notes the origins of Parker's political activism in the mid-1980s, a time when the "Straight Slate" of anti-gay candidates drew a lot of attention. The Daily Kos post also links to an article written by Parker herself in OutSmart magazine in 2008, recounting her attendance at the funeral of Louie Welch and recalling Welch's notorious "shoot the queers" remark during his unsuccessful bid to reclaim the mayor's office in 1985.
I covered that campaign and recall hearing Welch tell a gathering of ministers that the AIDS epidemic might be God's way of sending a message about steering a proper moral course. The reference to homosexuality wasn't explicit, but might as well have been.
That Parker could write without rancor about a man who had made this statement says much about her. And it suggests that her decision not to make gay civil rights her administration's top priority is more than a cynical political calculation.


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Sheila E. goes to Capitol Hill to talk artist's rights
In a renewed flare-up of a long-simmering war, Sheila E. told Capitol Hill on Tuesday that performers have a "basic American right" to get paid when songs are played on the radio, while broadcasters countered that such legislation would jeopardize their business.
Sheila E. was the latest performer to lobby in favor of the Performance Rights Act, a bill that would require stations to pay a royalty to performers in the same way that they currently pay songwriters. Hundreds of millions are at stake in the battle, which pits against each other two giant industries that have taken major financial hits recently: music diskeries and radio broadcasters.
Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), the sponsor of the bill, signaled that he plans to press ahead on the legislation even if broadcasters do not take him up on his offer to negotiate with artists and record labels. "Legislation will move," he told Steve Newberry, joint board chairman of the National Assn. of Broadcasters, who also testified.
A similar bill cleared the House Judiciary Committee in May, although it is uncertain when and if it will make it to the floor. The House version contains a sliding scale of flat fee payments for smaller broadcasters and delays implementation for at least one year.
Nevertheless, broadcasters have mounted a strong effort to stop the legislation with a nonbinding counter-resolution called the Local Radio Freedom Act. The NAB says that 246 House members and 23 senators have signed on to the resolution, and last week a group of 22 House Democrats sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging her to refrain from moving the Performance Rights Act to the floor.
"We are fighting to stay afloat in this very tough economy," said Newberry, who also is president and CEO of Commonwealth Broadcasting, a group of 23 small-market stations based in Glasgow, Ky.
He argued that the legislation would "harm the beneficial relationship that exists between the radio industry and the recording industry." He noted not only the promotional value of songs going out over the airwaves but radio stations' willingness to plug artists' concert appearances.
Leahy and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), a co-sponsor of the bill who presided over the hearing, sounded skeptical, and pointed out that Internet and satellite radio already pay royalties to musicians. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), a former talkradio host, drew laughs when he noted that the Roy Orbison estate, for example, really couldn't reap a benefit from concert promotion. He also noted that he has worked for a struggling broadcaster, Air America.
Sheila E. said that, as much as there has been a symbiotic relationship between radio and artists, "Radio is the only part of our business where our work is used without permission or compensation. So when the National Assn. of Broadcasters tells us they are a true friend of the artists, we respond: Friends don't let friends work without compensation."
Others also cast the bill as an effort to correct an anomaly. Ralph Oman, adjunct professor at George Washington U. Law School, suggested that current practices undermine copyright law. "Promotional value cannot justify free use. Instead, it should be a factor in determining the appropriate royalty," he said.
Marian Leighton-Levy, owner of Rounder Records in Burlington, Mass., noted that broadcasters in other countries pay performers for airplay, but performers cannot collect royalties overseas because U.S. broadcasters do not reciprocate. She pointed to her label's release of the Robert Plant-Alison Krauss album "Raising Sand": Plant was paid for airplay in the U.K. because he is a native of that country; Krauss did not get such a royalty there.
The tone of the hearing was softer than the heated rhetoric in recent months over the airwaves and on concert stages, where radio personalities and musicians have not been shy about expressing their views.The most contentious arguments have been over what the legislation would do to smaller- and minority- owned stations.
James L. Winston, executive director and general counsel of the National Assn. of Black Owned Broadcasters, said that the economic pinch is so dire that he's calling for an investigation of lenders unwilling to enter workout arrangements with broadcasters struggling to meet their payments.
Included among the lenders, he noted, are beneficiaries of the bailout including Goldman Sachs and GE Credit. He also called for a probe of Arbitron's new Portable People Meter for audience measurement, which he said has resulted in "huge ratings declines" for black-owned stations.
"For minority broadcasters, there are no fat profits to skim," he said. "In fact, today, most minority broadcasters are struggling to survive."
Leahy said that he planned to return to the legislation in the fall.


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Judge freezes New York City's eHail app for Yellow Cabs until March 18th
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If you've ever tried to hail a cab in New York City, you might appreciate the eHail app which was supposed to start today and would have allowed smartphone users to quickly call for a taxi using the app; a judge has agreed to a request from private livery cab drivers to freeze the program at least through March 18th...
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2. TheMan (Posts: 490; Member since: 21 Sep 2012)
I can't see this ever seeing the light of day (in Manhattan), given the current laws and regulations in place.
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installation of skype on redhat lin 5
hi all,
i downloaded skype executable which is in .rpm format and tried to install. but i'm facing some missing dependencies.
So, want to ask u all how to install these missing dependencies.
any help is expected.
thanku in advance.
Re: installation of skype on redhat lin 5
http://wiki.sabayonlinux.org/index.p...kype_for_Linux hope it helps, I need to know what flavour of linux you have.
type this in your terminal and see what you get:
sudo apt-cache search skype
sudo yum-cache search skype
to install it:
apt-get install skype
yum-get install skype
Yum is if you have fedora, apt is for ubuntu or kubuntu.
Hope it helped.
Re: installation of skype on redhat lin 5
its red hat linux 5,
and not yum or apt working on it.
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[Editor's Note: As many of you know, Merry is a diva pug. She's also a greedy little diva pug who, if we let her, would have asked Santa for the entire contents of the Pampered Puppy store, and more besides. However, we've tried to limit her to 50 products, reminding her once again that there are lots of other little boy and girl pampered puppies out there who just aren't as fortunate, so it's not seemly to be so greedy. She sniffed, snorted, and toddled over to her Chinese box bed in disgust at this news.]
How are you? I realize it has been several weeks since you've heard from me, but diva pugs these days - particularly those of my calibre, you understand - are in great demand for shopping, napping, photo shoots, chasing the ball... why, I work so hard, it's hard to imagine how I manage to get my beauty rest 12 hours a day.
Where was I? Oh, yes. Well, as you know, I've sent you several letters already this year, but those are to be considered drafts or alternate wishes only. Particularly once my warden (codenamed Mommy) put her foot down about a 50 product limit, it forced me to rethink my entire holiday gift acceptance plan. Not an easy thing to do after eleven months of planning (sigh), but what can I say... the woman has no idea the amount of work this creates for me at the last minute.
Please accept this new letter as my final draft. (My Mommy made me say that - you can still bring me the other stuff if you want!)
Where to start? Well, with my wardrobe, perhaps - it's getting terribly tacky around the edges. It's been three whole weeks since I received any new clothing, and that's just not acceptable. So here's what you can bring for me:
I'm dying for a new winter coat (how can any pug live with only 6 winter coats, I ask you?), and I think the Embroidered Shearling and Leather Dog Coat would be a perfect coat for me... very regal. You have to look the part, you know. And the Greek Key 3/4" Dog Collar would work perfectly with it, I think... or the Tuscany 1 1/2" Dog Collar. Your choice. If you find it simply too difficult to choose, please bring both. Needless to say, I will also need a pair of Classic Black Lily Boots to complete the outfit. I require a size 5. I think you have my other sizes already; if not, I'll send them as an attachment to this mail.
For warmer winter days, you may also bring the Manhattan Dog Coat. The faux fur collar would look simply fabulous with my figure. Since I must always have matching collars, I think the Black American Alligator Collar would do wonders. I love the Cognac, after all, and it's worked well for me. An alternative choice would be the Grommet Leather Collar. Again, if you have trouble deciding, just bring me both. I think the black would look smashing on me. Don't you agree?
Also for warmer winter days (I need some choice, here - can't just have one option) I would also like you to bring a Mink Vest. Pink is so very charming with my complexion, and it is always - always - about the pink. Of course this would also require a pair of Playful Pink Lily Boots, to match (and frankly, I already have one pink coat without the matching pink boots. We just cannot let this continue!). For a matching collar, you may bring either one or both colors of the Crystal Confetti Cotton Candy Dog Collar. Not the light colored one - it's far too light with my complexion, and to match the coat. I need one of the two styles with the hot pink, to complement the vest properly.
As the weather starts warming up, I'm going to need some new sweaters and lighter coats for spring. An urban girl such as myself simply cannot live any longer without a Tangerine Wool Knit Sweater; they're simply too, too urban for me not to have in my wardrobe. A matching Tangerine Dazzling Bones Collar & Leash set should work perfectly to create a properly matched outfit.
For some newer pink items to refresh my spring wardrobe, I simply cannot live without the Princess Letter Jacket and Pink Dog Sweater with the too-adorable blue star on the back. The Hollywood Dog Shirt would also be a lovely addition to my wardrobe; again, you just have to look the part, don't you? After all, I have my leagues of fans to consider in all this. For a matching leash, I've fallen head-over-paws with the new Playboy Bunny Glam collar and leash set. Please bring at least one of those to go with the new pink outfits.
No spring wardrobe is complete without a denim jacket; I've decided that the Bling Bling Denim Lambswool Jacket is perfect for me; however, please remember I'm a girl, not a "stud", so please ensure the elves switch the letters to read either "Merry" or "Diva"; a rhinestone bone at the end is perfectly acceptable. An acceptable matching collar and lead would be the Animal Print Hair-on Collar (and matching lead) in the blue.
I've also been thinking that I need to incorporate a bit more color into my wardrobe other than pink - don't get me wrong, Santa, pink will always be my signature color, but as a trendsetter other dogs look to me to show off hot colors. So, I have two suggestions for you:
1. The Lambswool Woof Baby Sweater in blue. Preferably paired with a baby blue collar from the Simply Bones Collar Collection (again, with matching lead, please).
2. A Tonal Stripe Turtleneck Sweater in lime green. Which would, if I do say so myself, look absolutely smashing with a Lime Dazzling Bones Collar & Leash.
For casual days playing at the park with the warden... er, Mommy, a Red No. 5 Hooded Sweatshirt from Puppia would work well (their designs are so to die for). This would give you a perfect excuse to bring along a Grommet Leather Collar in red, as well. Not to mention the fact that it would also work spectacularly with the Red #9 Hooded Sporty Tee and Duffle Trench Coat I'd like (although, for the latter, the tan would be an acceptable choice as well).
While I'm not much of a heavy-duty jewelry girl these days (alas, my haircut is just too short for the stunning rhinestone jewels I'm always seeing), I will admit I'd just flip head over tail for a Marilyn Monroe Dog Collar. Seriously, Santa, how perfect is this collar for me? Have you ever known another dog to suit something this glamorous as perfectly as I do?
And while we're on the subject of jewelry Santa, I asked BOTH you and Mommy last year for the White Gold Pave Diamond Bone Charm (white gold, obviously, since yellow gold is just. so. last. year.) but since I didn't receive it, I'm forced to believe that you two just don't love me enough. I mean honestly, what's a princess pug gotta do around here to get some diamonds?
A girl also needs a place to eat. Never mind the bowls and feeders I have already. I'm a diva dog. I need new dishes from which to gobble... that is to say, my palate needs cleansing from time to time. The Vintage Pink Princess Diner would work perfectly in my mommy's office, which is all pink and white (as a diva pug, I'm honor bound to ensure my accessories don't clash too terribly with the warden's decor).
However, my mommy's taste in decor aside, I simply want the Rare Earth Evolution 1 AND the Alligator Elegant Fossil Stone Feeder. Yes, I realize that is more bowls than I have paws. It matters not. The important thing is to eat off the finest bowls in the world. These are the ones I want, Santa, and the warden can just find somewhere to put it all. What do I care? I only take up a teeny amount of space anyway. What's wrong with taking up a bit more with a few teeny tiny feeders? Don't you agree?
Incidentally, my treats (you do remember me continuously asking for Truffle Carob Sweet Treats, Carob Chip Soft Treats and Pink n White Starburst Treats, don't you? You haven't forgotten, have you?) would never be better stored than in the Queen Treat Canister. Finally, something that actually befits my status.
For my daily beauty regimen, I really do need more of the Hemp Shampoo Bars you brought a while back. Please bring more. And perhaps a Medium Bristle Double Wide Brush while you're at it. Must keep the coat silky smooth, as you know. I have fans and friends to impress.
I realize I already have too, too many beds; however, that doesn't mean I don't need another. Again, it's a fashion thing. We are all slaves to fashion, darling (well, perhaps except for you - how DO you manage with the same suit, over and over, year after year?). An excellent new daybed would be a Leopard Lounger. But for overnight, I need something that allows me to sleep undisturbed - the rhinestone and silk sleep mask can only block out so much. I've decided that the Marie Antoinette in Walnut Luxury Dog Bed would be the perfect solution to this problem. This may be tough to fit down the chimney [Ed. -- particularly since you don't have one] so feel free to express ship it to me just after the holidays. I'm not without reason, as you know.
The reindeer probably remember all too well my playful side - I'm all about the playing, have to keep that girlish figure you know! I've been in love with the Jet Set Pet New York collection for simply age. You really must bring all three of them. How perfect for a city girl like myself! And please, please have the elves make up some more Hol-ee Roller balls for me; the six or seven others I have right now are starting to look quite tacky. Why run when you can fetch, am I right, Santa?
And finally, I could really use a few new holiday items to make Christmas day special. Particularly since, as you know, I was named for the holiday! Please bring a Holiday Star Tree Toy so that my playtime can be at its aesthetically pleasing best. (I bet I'm the only pug who writes aesthetically pleasing in their letters to you, aren't I? See how special I am?) A Christmas Party Collar with Jingle Bells would be a perfect holiday outfit, cheery and bright while still allowing me lots of room for movement. I play with Grandpa pretty much continuously on Christmas Day, you know. A girl has to be able to run.
I simply cannot imagine eating my gourmet Christmas dinner from any other bowl than the Medium Christmas Holly Pet Dish. However, please ensure the elves pack two of them; nothing tackier than having mismatched bowls at my place setting, and my cranberry juice is a must on Christmas day. A matching Customized Feeding Bowl Tree Ornament would be a perfect complement and give Mommy something to remember me by. I'm so quiet and undemanding all year round, I think she may need the reminder!
While we're on that subject, can your elves manufacture time? I would love to spend more time playing with my Mommy but she's always so busy working that it can require some creative dogginess to get her attention.
And just like all the other beauty pageant contestants, I would also like world peace. If you have time. Oh! And a little brother or sister to play with. As long as they come with their own wardrobe. A diva should never have to share.
Kisses to Mrs. Claus and the Elves. Please remind Rudolph I'm sorry for that barking confusion last year - I really was just trying to play with him.
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In Chatwin's hands, travel writing is an art form grand enough to include a significant examination of the nature of mankind. In this book he goes to Australia to learn what he can about the aborigines. He starts out inquiring about "Songlines"—routes that wander all over the continent, defined by ancient chants describing the dramatic features of the harsh countryside. As his guide, Chatwin introduces Arkady, a lively son of Russian emigrants, who is sympathic to the aborigines. Arkady has a vast knowledge of their ways. His job, helping a railway company plan a route that will not destroy any Songlines, takes him—and Chatwin—to remote sites. Among the tales of his adventures in the Australian desert, Chatwin weaves all kinds of fascinating research and anecdotes about his earlier travels in Africa. He describes a visit to Konrad Lorenz, the animal behaviorist, and tells of interviews with anthropologists who would refute the thesis that man is by nature violent, a warlike son of Cain. Briefly, Chatwin reveals much about the lives of three people he meets in passing: a Sydney woman, 93, who has just regained her eyesight, a hobo in London and an office supply salesman whose territory is Africa. His stories of their lives achieve a harmony because they all, in varying ways, thrive on travel. Chatwin is a superb writer, as readers of his 1983 novel, On the Black Hill, know. In this beautiful new book, he crams in quotations from all eras and cultures, while offering personal observations about incredible experiences, even a bit of autobiography. From all this he brings together "a vision of the Song-lines stretching across the continents and ages; that wherever men have trodden they have left a trail of song (of which we may, now and then, catch an echo)." (Viking, $18.95)
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1910 Willie Keeler Testimonial Dinner Reach Mini Glove and Ball
Starting Bid - $100.00 , Sold For - $1,292.50
Exceedingly rare miniature catcher's mitt and baseball produced as banquet souvenirs for a testimonial dinner given in honor of Willie Keeler on February 21, 1910. While we will never know for certain, perhaps it was his famed sobriquet "Wee Willie" that was the inspiration for these two novel souvenirs, each of which was produced for the occasion by Reach. Both the glove and ball are specially stamped "Willie Keeler – Testimonial Dinner – February 21st, 1910" and each piece also features the Reach company logo. The appeal of these two items, aside from their great rarity (we have never seen another) and association with legendary Hall of Famer Willie Keeler, lies in the fact that the ball and glove are identical in construction and quality to a regulation size ball and catcher's mitt in every way (material, design, stitching, etc.) except for their small size (the glove measures 4 x 4 inches, while the ball has a circumference of 9.5 inches). The testimonial dinner referenced here was most likely given by the New York Yankees as a retirement party for Keeler. 1909 marked Keeler's eighteenth Major League season and also his seventh and final season with the Yankees. Although Keeler later appeared in nineteen games with the Giants in 1910 and also played a season of minor league ball the following year, his Major League career effectively came to a close in 1909. Keeler, who once summed up his approach to hitting by stating, "Keep a clear eye, and hit 'em where they ain't," was one of the smallest men to play the game. Standing only 5-foot-4 and weighing 140 pounds, Keeler became one of baseball's greatest hitters in spite of his short stature. Keeler twice led the National League in batting, including a career-high .424 in 1897, and he finished his career with a .341 lifetime average. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1939. Both the glove and ball display light wear and are in Excellent condition overall. Together with the original presentation box (4.5 x 4.25 x 3 inches, Vg), bearing a paper label on all sides featuring the Reach logo. Total: 2 items (miniature glove and ball). Reserve $100. Estimate $200/$400. SOLD FOR $1,292.50
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Introduces fundamental both theory and practices of the cosmetology profession. Emphasis will be placed on professional practices and safety. Topics include: state rules, and regulations; state regulatory agency, image; bacteriology; decontamination and infection control, chemistry fundamentals, safety, Hazardous Duty Standards Act compliance, and anatomy and physiology.
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> Has anybody managed to get the AMouse driver (enables a lot more buttons
> and wheels) working on an SMP machine (whether multi-CPU or dual-core)?
> If so, what tricks did you have to teach it?
> Perce
I have had it running on dusl CPU and dual core machines (currently on
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I just installed it, and it worked.
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