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US senators criticise 'grossly inaccurate' Zero Dark Thirty
Kathryn Bigelow's Osama bin Laden thriller is under fire from a bipartisan group of senators who have written to Sony calling for a disclaimer to be added to the film; Bigelow disputes interpretation.
A cross-party trio of senators including prominent democrat Dianne Feinstein and republican former presidential candidate John McCain, have written to Sony CEO Michael Lynton to criticise the veracity of Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar contender Zero Dark Thirty, according to the Associated Press.
The senators called the film "grossly inaccurate" in its suggestion that torture produced the tip that led the US military to find terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.
Director Kathryn Bigelow has disputed that interpretation.
The members of the Senate Intelligence committee — Dianne Feinstein, Carl Levin and John McCain — insisted that Sony had an obligation to add a disclaimer to the film, which currently opens with a statement that the film is 'based on first-hand accounts of actual events.'
McCain has insisted that the waterboarding of a senior al-Qaida member did not provide information that led to bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
"We are fans of many of your movies, and we understand the special role that movies play in our lives, but the fundamental problem is that people who see Zero Dark Thirty will believe that the events it portrays are facts," the three senators wrote. "The film therefore has the potential to shape American public opinion in a disturbing and misleading manner."
In their letter to Sony, the three said the "use of torture in the fight against terrorism did severe damage to America's values and standing that cannot be justified or expunged. It remains a stain on our national conscience. We cannot afford to go back to these dark times, and with the release of Zero Dark Thirty, the filmmakers and your production studio are perpetuating the myth that torture is effective. You have a social and moral obligation to get the facts right."
Director Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal said in a statement from Sony that they depicted "a variety of controversial practices and intelligence methods that were used in the name of finding bin Laden."
Bigelow and Boal said the film showed that no single method was responsible in the successful manhunt for bin Laden, and no single scene in isolation captures the total effort the movie dramatises.
McCain said he watched the film on Monday night.
Critically lauded Zero Dark Thirty opens in New York and Los Angeles this week. It opens across the US and most international territories in January.
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Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Interview on A9 TV dated 24 October 2011
Surat an-Nahl, 97:
I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed satan.
"Anyone who acts rightly, male or female, being a believer," in other words, if they behave honestly, with sincere religious observance, doing good deeds for Allah, living honestly and sincerely, fearing and loving Allah, then "We will give them a good life." There is a miracle here. Their lives are always good. Allah says He will give a good life to whoever it may be. "And We will recompense them according to the best of what they did."
Allah says He will also reward them in the finest way in paradise.
"Whenever you recite the Qur'an, seek refuge with Allah from the accursed satan."
Why do we often pray to Allah? We ask our Lord to protect us from "the accursed satan."
"He [satan] has no authority over those who believe and put their trust in their Lord."
It is not enough to believe and say that one believes. What must one do? Submit to Allah. In all things. One must not fear disease, troubles, attacks or anything else, the ferocity of unbelievers and hypocrites. One must just fear and submit to Allah. He must know everything is created by Allah and submit to Him. "He [satan] has no authority…" Then there would be no doubts and a Muslim will be at ease. Satan has no compulsive power. One must believe in Allah, and also put one's trust in Him. In that case, he [satan] has no power over a person. If a person has faith but does not put his trust in Allah, then satan will afflict him. He has faith but no trust in Allah… If one is afraid of this or that, or if one worries whether one has cancer when a mole appears on one's body. If one says, "I wonder whether they will try and trick me, if anything bad will happen, or maybe a disaster, or if something will collapse on my head…" That is unacceptable. What will happen, will happen. A Muslim must place his trust in Allah, insha'Allah.
"He [satan] only has authority over those who take him as a friend and associate others with Allah."Who can satan use his power with? Those who take him as a friend and place their trust in him. Allah says he will rule them completely. He says satan will have authority over them and "those who associate others with Allah." Allah says that satan has authority over those who ascribe equals to Him, who have a hypocritical or unbelieving character. They go astray. Satan sometimes uses children, sometimes a person's profession or business. "Your goods, sons, the work you fear leaving undone, your fathers, your wives, your business and your homes. Expect these things if you regard your friends as more important than Allah, His Messenger and striving on His path," Allah says. People like that have gone along with satan. They think about their children, their parents, their families, their business and friends, Facebook and this and that, but they forget all about Allah. All these things are only of any value or meaning when they are for Allah's sake. They are worthless if not for His sake. Allah tells us to expect these things if one regards these as more important than Him. He says that He will then bestow an appropriate recompense, insha'Allah.

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It's a colorful Autumn, so you can satisfy all your fantasies in terms of eye makeup – from the thinnest eye contour or a more intense one with black eyeliner, tot the tinted eyelids or in "naughty" colors.
Tip: A very sensual trend of this season is the makeup "tone on tone". For example, they eyelids painted in beige or brown shades must be assorted with a blush also brown and lips of beige or nude colors.
Here are my recommendations, about some of them you can read more on Karen's blog, because she already review some of them.
Estee Lauder Limited Edition Signature Eyeshadow Quad – Rose Amethyst – 35$
Lancome Declaring Indigo Ink Artliner – 24$
Chanel Venice Eye Gloss Luminous Cream Quadra Eye Shadow – 65$
Sephora Doe Eyed Felt Eye Liner
Mascara Bourjois Coup de Theatre 2 in 1 Violet – 21$
Corector Maybelline Affinitone Concealer
Rimmel Color Rush Special Effects Mono Eyeshadow – After Dark – 5.75$


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A LADY who claims to be the 'dog poo fairy of Bourne End' has collected seven dustbin bags of excrement from a pathway next to the River Thames in just 10 days.
Over the last few months Cindy Smulders and her husband, Dominic, have been cleaning up after "inconsiderate" dog owners near their house in Camden Place.
The problem has got so bad the couple have even bought a bin for owners to use on the Thames Pathway and they have now been forced to taking bags to the dump every couple of weeks.
Mrs Smulders said: "We decided something needed to be done about this just after the flooding.
"Part of the pathway was underwater but when it all drained away, 152 small bags were left on the ground.
"We collected them up and left a message saying to look at what people had done.
"After that it wasn't too bad but since the weather has been getting nicer again people have just been leaving it all over the place, including hanging on hedges waiting for some sort of fairy to come and collect them – like me.
"We bought a bin but as this area is so populated with so many walkers it has just been getting too much.
"As we can't get it to be collected it is down to me and my husband to get rid of it all. Two weeks ago I collected 10 days worth which amounted to seven full dustbin bags."
They are now hoping to be supported in their bid to stop people leaving bags behind.
They have spoken to both the council and the environment agency who have told the couple they will explore the options.
Mrs Smulders added: "I just can't understand why people don't take it home with them and get rid of it themselves.
"We are just trying to do our bit to keep this area nice, but it is becoming too much of a difficult job."


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Dr. Barbara McLean, Chief, Bureau of Prevention and Protection
Baltimore County Department of Health
Summer is the perfect time to enjoy fresh fruits and vegetables, but even these items require proper care and preparation. The proportion of foodborne illnesses associated with fresh fruits and vegetables has increased over the past few years, but you can enjoy them safely by knowing and following these four steps:
1. Check
When shopping, check to make sure that fresh and packaged fruits and vegetables are not bruised or damaged.
2. Clean
Wash hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds before and after handling fresh fruits and vegetables.
Clean all surfaces with hot water and soap— countertops, cutting boards, knives and peelers before and after food preparation.
Wash all fruits and vegetables thoroughly under running water before eating, cutting or cooking. Use a clean vegetable brush to scrub thicker-skinned produce such as melons and cucumbers.
Washing fruits and vegetables with detergent, bleach or commercial produce washes is not
3. Separate
When shopping, keep fresh fruits and vegetables separate from household chemicals and raw meat, poultry and seafood. Keep them apart in the grocery cart, in the grocery bags and at home, in the refrigerator.
Do not use the same cutting board for fruits and vegetables that you've used for your raw meat, poultry or seafood before thoroughly washing it with hot water and soap.
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Prevent fruits and vegetables from touching raw meat, poultry, seafood or their juices.
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When I heard about the passing of Dana Brand, I puzzled over how to properly honor him. I had been looking forward to seeing him on June 16 at the Tappan Free Library, and I realized that no one would get the opportunity to hear him that night if I didn't do something.
So I reached out to the library, and offered both my services and those of Greg Prince, author of Faith and Fear in Flushing and another friend of Dana's (wasn't everyone?). They accepted, so on Thursday, June 16 at 7 PM, the two of us will offer the consolation prize of getting to hear Dana's work, but through us, sadly, instead of Dana.
I'd urge all of you to attend, whether you knew Dana's work or will be exposed to it for the first time. I look forward to sharing some of my favorites.
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The Grove City College Department of Music and Fine Arts will present its bi-annual student exhibition Thursday, May 2, through Thursday, May 9, in the Pew Fine Arts Gallery located beside Ketler Auditorium in the Pew Fine Arts Center on campus.
The exhibition will highlight artwork from students participating in the current art courses taught by guest lecturers Peter Calaboyias and Nate Mucha along with Assistant Professor of Art and Gallery Director Kathy Rhoades.
The diverse artwork at the exhibit includes design, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, drawing and painting. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
"We hope you will join us to celebrate and support the creative spirit of our students. Although there isn't an art major at Grove City College, students put a lot of energy and time into being creative," Rhoades said.


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I have a GIF image that is over 300K with transparency and I've tried every possible way in photoshop to reduce it. Any suggestions on programs, free or open-source ?
Presumably you'd used Save for Web? It should reduce way below 300k. Some report that Save for Web in Fireworks trims off even more k.
Tried that, the size doesn't reduce !
PM it to me and I'll check it myself.
Will be coming, very shortly.
Hm, OK, yes it is quite big.
Here are some things I tried that reduced the size to 150 kb and then 93 kb:
The same settings looked a bit nicer in Fireworks, and reduced the file to 70 kb.
Following those steps 16 colors brings the image to 156K and 8 colors reduces the file to just over 100K, 102K approx, better !
Although 70K is nice, fireworks is a little more better at image optimization for the web.
Change it to PNG-8 if you haven't already since in most cases PNG-8 will produce a smaller file size to the outdated GIF format. Then you could use a tool such as PNGOUT to shave the PNG file size even further.
Initially it didn't, though it got close. Dunno how much PNGOUT could get out of it, though. I can't use it on my Mac. (And wow, what a glorious blast from the past that website it. )
PNG-8 doesn't support transparency !!!
Of course it does.
It does, actually, even if not as well as png-24. This is worth a look:
What do you mean by that? There are some Linux and Mac ports: http://www.jonof.id.au/kenutils
In either case it does tend to be one of the better PNG optimisers. Though like I said PNG-8 usually produces smaller file-sizes than GIF even if you don't use special optimisers.
Ah, thanks.
You're right ralph. Although Fireworks gets the fanfare for this feature Although someone may beat me to the punch at trying this out on photoshop, I'm going to try it and post my own personal results, soon
I've done my test, I couldn't wait PNG-8 set to Selective, Diffusion, Colors-16, transparency on set my image the one I sent you ralph with PNG-8 to only a file size of 151K better but I want smaller.
Try to use http://www.punypng.com/ with your final result
Thanks, I'll try it.
I tried it the converter only reduced the graphic by 2.5%, ARRRGH can't win. I'm starting to notice why some people used solid colors when designing.


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AVON Valley's Mike Rose and Kiersty Barnett were first male and first female at the recent Clermont Waterfront Parkrun with times of 18:13 and 22:17 respectively.
Elsewhere Mikey Bryant recorded a 18:42 to finish fifth at the Beeston Parkrun event recently, while Peter Jeffries completed Bushy event in 24:14. Adele Cooper was in action at both the Swindon event (25:31) and the 'Back in a Flash' 5k event (25:29).
Running an event in the North East, Gordon Russell completed the Hull event in 27:11, while more locally Melksham's Hayley Southgate ran a course PB at Chippenham, finishing in 26:03. Southwick Parkrun has yielded new PBs this month including: Antony Mills, Simon Evans, Mark Cooper, Natalie Mclaren, Sarah Fenby, Andrew Sharratt, Robert Warner, Mike Rose, Will Holland, Alan Spiers, and Kerry Sunderland.
At the Chippenham 'Longest Day' 10k the six Avon Valley runners were led home by ninth placed Mike Rose, followed by Thomas Coney, Kiersty Barnett, Steven Cade, Sharon Anderson and Richard Hudson.
Members also took part in the Broadtown five mile road race, scoring maximum points in the Wiltshire Road Race League as well as collecting four prizes. Joby Hobbs led Avon home in third place with Robin-Mark Schols collecting the first prize in the Supervet category. Fiona Price and Jill Westwood collected prizes in their age categories, with Fiona scoring a new five mile PB time.
The midweek Great Chalfield 10k saw the club out in strength again with nineteen members on the start line. Thomas Coney finished in sixth place with Schols just one minute behind in 10th. Kate Hails was third-placed lady while Ali Atkinson took the first in the FV40 trophy. Helen Maria also succeeded in scoring herself a new PB for the distance.
The club also had three teams taking part in the Cotswold relay, the ten stage 100 mile relay following the old Cotswold way. The senior men's team, finished in eighth place with the mixed team finishing in a total time of just under 16 ½ hours in 49th place, while the ladies team completed 40 minutes later.
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Rockies' bats quiet behind solid Flande
Rookie southpaw goes six; Dickerson homers in third straight game
SAN DIEGO -- On the road, the Rockies are filling the unwitting purpose of helping opposing starters end slumps. Then again, when a team has the worst record in the Majors, many opponents' skids end.
Padres right-hander Odrisamer Despaigne struck out eight in seven innings on Tuesday night for his first victory in more than a month, a 4-1 San Diego win at Petco Park in front of 27,188.
The loss -- the Rockies' 12th in their last 15 games -- dropped the Rockies to a Majors-worst 46-73. The Rangers entered the night tied at baseball's bottom with the Rockies, but Texas pushed ahead with a 3-2 victory over the Rays in 14 innings.
Despaigne, who had not won since June 29, became the second starter this trip to end a drought against the Rockies. The D-backs' Trevor Cahill, who had won just once previously this season and hadn't won as a starter since last Sept. 21, took the decision in a 14-4 beating of the Rockies on Friday night.
But the Rockies have enough problems without worrying about a bad run by an opposing pitcher. They would have suffered their eighth shutout of the season had Corey Dickerson not extended his homer streak to three games with his 16th of the season, a solo shot off Dale Thayer with one out in the ninth.
Tuesday's defeat featured some of the poor execution and weak offense that's to blame for the current 3-22 road stretch. The Rockies struck out eight times against Despaigne, who gave up five hits and two walks, and fanned 10 times in all.
The Rockies also wasted a decent performance from lefty Yohan Flande, who gave up two runs and four hits in six innings.
"We've got to focus on putting a total game together -- putting together nine innings," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "It's been tough to do."
Despaigne, who mixed a decent fastball with a slow curve, made it difficult on the Rockies' hitters.
"He [Despaigne] had much better use of his fastball and that set up his other pitches. I think that made the Rockies more susceptible to other pitches," Padres manager Bud Black said.
The Rockies' offensive frustration reached head-scratching proportions in the top of the eighth against reliever Kevin Quackenbush. Padres third baseman Chris Nelson -- a one-time Rockies top Draft pick -- and first baseman Tommy Medica each tumbled into the stands while corralling foul pops by Charlie Blackmon and Josh Rutledge, respectively.
But the Rockies had their chances.
They had runners at second and third with two outs in the first before Dickerson struck out swinging. Dickerson singled with Justin Morneau at second and one out in the fourth, but the Padres pulled off a rundown that erased Morneau between third and home, then Wilin Rosario lined out.
Dickerson said he was fooled when the throw from the outfield overshot the cutoff man but Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal rushed into the infield and fielded that throw.
"I headed toward second, but the catcher came up and made a good play," Dickerson said. "He cut the ball off before the ball made it home and it kind of threw us both off. 'Morney' thought home plate was open but the pitcher came up and covered.
"It was a bad situation. It wasn't good baserunning on my part. We've got to work at that, too."
Morneau singled and Nolan Arenado walked with one out in the sixth, but Dickerson grounded to second and Rosario fanned.
Morneau and Dickerson each at least extended their hitting streaks to seven games.
Flande, who forced 12 ground ball outs, never gave up the big hit. He also added his first Major League hit, an infield single in the fifth.
Alexi Amarista beat out a potential double play grounder with the bases loaded and one out in the Padres' second, and Abraham Almonte knocked a sacrifice fly in the fourth after Rymer Liriano's single off Flande's glove and Yasmani Grandal's hit-and-run single.
Nelson added a two-run single off Tommy Kahnle with two outs in the eighth.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Hardball in the Rockies, and follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Baylor University is committed to helping those affected by the Hurricane Matthew.
This site provides resources to Baylor students, faculty and staff who are wanting to help those suffering as a result of the hurricane. Here you will find communication resources as well as opportunities to become involved in relief efforts.


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- SNP Fact Sheet for Principals - This fact sheet can be provided to school principals to help explain School Nutrition Program requirements.
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Celebrating School Nutrition Professionals
This minute-long snapshot highlights how hard-working school nutrition professionals help students succeed each day.
New Meal Pattern Video
Use this video to communicate changes of the National School Lunch Program's meal pattern to parents, faculty, and the community.
Child Nutrition Program Basics Webinar
Directed specifically to school partners and stakeholders, this webinar provides a glimpse of the challenges of the School Nutrition Program regulations set by USDA and explains the resources and support that Indiana's School Nutrition Program Division offers to Indiana's schools.


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US inches back from fiscal cliffLesley Clark, David Lightman
Published: November 18 2012 - 3:00AM
Republican and Democrat congressional leaders emerged optimistic from presidential talks aimed at avoiding a tumble over the ''fiscal cliff'', offering hints of a compromise that would combine new tax revenue with steep spending cuts.
Their hour-long meeting with the President, Barack Obama, at the White House on Friday kicked off what is likely to be an intense, unpredictable November and December as Congress and the White House grapple with how to deal with Bush-era tax cuts that expire at the end of next month and $US109 billion ($106 billion) in spending cuts due to take effect on January 2.
Mr Obama said they had agreed to work together to find a solution that ''includes both revenues and cuts in spending''. The challenge, he said, was to ''work together, find some common ground, make some tough compromises''.
Two Republicans and two Democrats politely took turns at a microphone outside the West Wing, addressing each other by first names and describing the hour-long meeting as constructive.
''We feel very comfortable with each other and this isn't something we're going to wait until the last day of December to get it done,'' the Democrat Senate leader, Harry Reid, said.
''This isn't the first time that we've dealt with these issues. We feel we understand what the problem is. And we felt very, I feel very good about what we were able to talk about in there. We have the cornerstones of being able to work something out. We're both going to have to give up some of the things that we know are a problem.''
The Republican House Speaker, John Boehner, said he outlined a framework for overhauling the tax code and spending programs that was ''consistent with the President's call for a fair and balanced approach''.
''To show our seriousness,'' he said, ''we put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by significant spending cuts.''
Mr Boehner and his fellow Republican, Senator Mitch McConnell, have been loath to consider tax increases as part of a solution to tame the deficit.
Back at the Capitol, the mood among Congress's rank and file was largely conciliatory. But there was a sharp reminder that getting a deal through the lame duck session faced a struggle with each party's ideological wing.
''This was a photo op for the President. So be it,'' said the Republican Tom Price, a leading conservative.
Among liberal Democrats, Jim McGovern warned that ''it would be foolish to just assume we're to go along with everything. We're not a cheap date.''
Democrat liberals said they were wary of big spending cuts, particularly those that hurt the poor or significantly cut Medicare.
McClatchy Newspapers, The New York Times
This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/world/us-inches-back-from-fiscal-cliff-20121117-29iy9.html


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AAPT Plays Lead Role for Physics Olympiad Team
I was delighted to read the article in the August/September APS News regarding the US Physics Olympiad Team. The Team had an outstanding performance this year in the International Competition. I appreciate APS highlighting the Team's success to its members. I also appreciate the support that APS provides every year (along with AIP, the other AIP member societies, and University of Maryland's Physics Department).
There was, however, a substantive omission in this article. The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) is responsible for recruiting, selecting, and training teams each year to compete in the International Physics Olympiad. We oversee the Team's training program and make sure that the Team has the opportunity to learn physics and integrate into the physics community. Finally, with the financial support of the Team's sponsors we are able to cover the expenses of the Team members and coaches as they represent the United States and the physics community in the International Competition.
Beth A. Cunningham
College Park, MD
The writer is Executive Officer of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
Cultural Bias Can Make Teaching Seem Less Attractive
In addition to the attitude toward and role modeling of physics teaching demonstrated by college and university physics faculty ("The Role of Physics Departments in High School teacher Education" APS News Back Page, Aug/Sep 2013), the ethos of one's institution cannot be overlooked. In my nearly 40 years of full-time undergraduate physics teaching I regularly featured a career in secondary school physics teaching as an option for my students. We had a well-respected School of Education on our campus with a vigorous and well-supervised student teaching experience. Yet in all those years, only one physics major actively sought secondary teaching credentials and subsequently became a high school physics teacher. My institution's ethos was strongly biased by a predisposition toward health care. A show of hands in a class of 50 General Physics students might yield five or six who were NOT intending on a career in medicine, dentistry, etc.
Over the years a number of my physics majors expressed interest in teaching, often after doing a stint as a General Physics lab TA. But invariably teaching as a career was put in second or third place, as a bailout position if something better didn't work out. This attitude was initially inculcated at home and within their social groups, but strongly supported by the campus ethos within which they subsequently matriculated. I readily agree with Meltzer, Plisch, and Vokos that college and university physics faculty must see themselves as the first line of defense against the decline of competent high school physics teachers. But they may find that their success heavily depends upon their institutional setting and the culture of the student body it attracts.
Edwin A. Karlow
Walla Walla, WA
Bold Solutions Help with Children on Campus
In her letter in the July APS News, Keri Haruza mentioned several accommodations for working mothers that seem to be missing on university campuses, such as changing tables in bathrooms and play areas for small children. As a female who earned tenure while concurrently raising a toddler, I thought I might suggest a few ways to view a college campus from a small child's eyes. I brought my son with me everywhere, but in some meetings he had to be silent. To accomplish this, I brought quiet toys for the meeting, and then let him pick his favorite green space on campus; after the meeting we went directly to his choice of green space for some un-hurried play time. I never left until he said he was done playing. We would string ropes up stairwells, and climb 'K2', every time we came on campus. Once I had to bring him to a graduation ceremony because I had a PhD candidate to hood. I tucked him under my robes, pretending we were in 'The Princess Bride' under the holocaust coat, and after we marched in, I sat him on my lap. The people next to me kindly watched him when I had to leave to hood the candidate. The provost noticed, and when he mentioned it to me, I told him that innovation was the hallmark of a good scientist. He and I laughed about my 'innovative solutions' for a few years! I agree with and appreciate Keri Haruza's comments, but I thought presenting the work-arounds that I fashioned for my child might help others. Be bold enough to fashion your own innovative solutions–after all that's why we enjoy this field so much.
Louise Perkins
Hattiesburg, MS
Get Volunteers to Help Educate Science Teachers
The Back Page article in the August-September APS News talks about the need for colleges to foster people that are interested in going into teaching. Good. That is a piece of the solution, and of course there are lots of pieces.
Many years ago I taught high school physics myself in NY state. Why did I leave high school science and physics teaching? One of the problems is that I had nothing in common with the other teachers. Aside from physics, I wanted to be able to talk to my work mates about where I could buy brakes for my car or why it is difficult to fly an airplane using solar cells. The majority of high school teachers were more interested in their social life.
Next difficulty was the administration. All but one of my physics students passed the NY state regents exam. Administrators were very happy about that, but reminded me that I needed to take the required education courses to continue teaching. Sorry, I was not interested in learning that I had to place all the window shades at the same level.
The scarcity of good physics teachers in high school is a big problem, I agree. There was a time, about 20 years ago, when APS had a program to help educate K-12 teachers of science in Montgomery County, MD. The NSF funding ended, the APS leader went away, and all of the scientist volunteers were left cold. We were willing to go on helping Montgomery County teachers but as far as I knew, the program fell apart. I am willing to volunteer again and try to help educate the local teachers, even way down to the K level. I suspect that many of the other scientists in the area would also. I would rather work with the physics teachers but I know there is value working with all levels. Any chance APS can organize helping local public schools?
Victor J. Sank
Rockville, MD
Ed. Note: The Back Page in this issue of APS News describes a program in Santa Fe, NM that is similar to what the writer is advocating.
APS encourages the redistribution of the materials included in this newspaper provided that attribution to the source is noted and the materials are not truncated or changed.
Staff Science Writer: Michael Lucibella


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I've been waiting for months to make this recipe. I didn't even consider it in the spring when there were no tomatoes to be found at the farmers' market and the grocery store's tomatoes were all hard and salmon-colored. But as soon as there were enough ripe tomatoes at the market, I grabbed enough to make this tart, plus tomato salad and a batch of gazpacho (I really, really like tomatoes).
Chuck's Tomato-Cheese Tart looks fancy enough to serve at a party, but it's simple enough for a weeknight dinner at home. You don't need any special equipment, just a baking sheet, and it's made with store-bought filo dough, so you won't be slaving over the crust. Tomatoes are usually paired with mozzarella, so the nutty Swiss used in this tart is a welcome change; the cheese and the sharpness of the Dijon mustard pair well with the sweet tomatoes.
As if this recipe isn't versatile enough, it can be served hot, warm or at room temperature. Pair it with a Greek salad to make it a meal, cut it up small and serve it as an appetizer or add it to your summer party buffet as a side dish for grilled mains.
Tomato-Cheese Tart
Serves: 8
7 fresh or frozen filo pastry sheets, thawed
1/4 cup melted butter
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 cups grated Swiss cheese (recommended: Emmenthal)
8 large ripe tomatoes, sliced 1/4-inch thick
Coarse salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
12 fresh basil leaves, for garnish
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
On a large baking sheet, place 1 sheet filo pastry and brush with melted butter, repeat, stacking them on top of each other as you build your pie crust. You may want to stagger the sheets a little bit to ensure that the baking sheet is well covered allowing a little bit of an edge.
On the top layer, brush on the mustard. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pastry to ensure even coverage. Lay the tomato slices generously, all over, overlapping, as needed. Season with coarse salt, and ground black pepper. Sprinkle the thyme leaves on top.
Bake in the oven until the pastry is crisped and browned at the edges, about 25 minutes.
Add another sprinkling of coarse salt, and cut the tart into 8 squares. Garnish with fresh basil leaves. Delicious when served hot, warm, or at room temperature.
More Meatless Tomato Recipes:
Artichoke and Tomato Panzanella
Cherry Tomatoes With Buttermilk Blue Cheese Dressing
Tomato Casserole
Stuffed Tomatoes
Farro Salad With Tomatoes and Herbs


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Someone's been monkeying around.
A large, bronze gorilla statue valued at $5,000 was stolen from a hotel in the tourist district of Orlando.
[PHOTOS: Gorilla statue stolen from Orlando hotel]
The gorilla, which stands on all fours and is about 3 to 4 feet tall, was taken late Sunday night or early Monday morning from The Metropolitan Express at 6323 International Drive, according to Orlando police.
The statue used to be located poolside at the hotel, which has other jungle-themed items on its property, but it was recently moved outside the pool fence because it had been pushed into the water, according to hotel employees. A worker told Local 6 that it took 10 people to remove the statue, which was estimated to weigh 800 pounds.
The hotel does not have video surveillance cameras, and the pool gates are commonly left open to allow access to the poolside bar, police said. Hotel workers say they believe the statue was stolen after the nearby bar closed at 2:30 a.m.
A second similar gorilla statue remains at the hotel, but it's now chained to a tree.
Hotel employee Beatrice Sibilly said she's seen guests occasionally steal some extra soap or shampoo but she never thought someone would rip off one of the hotel's two large metal gorilla statues.
"It was wonderful. It was like we were in a zoo, something like that," Sibilly said. "Every morning I came to work I see those two gorillas."
Sibilly said she was shocked to see the gorilla gone.
"I came out and I said, 'Ain't that so! Really! It's true! One is gone!'"
Anyone with information about the gorilla's whereabouts is urged to call Orlando police. There is no formal reward for the gorilla's safe return, but the bartender at the hotel's tiki bar says they'll buy a round of drinks for whoever locates the stolen statue.
Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
Copyright 2012 by ClickOrlando.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Did you know?
The Tourism Grading Council of South Africa's website enables you to find graded self-catering establishments throughout South Africa.
Self-catering accommodation in South Africa is a great option for longer stays, family holidays, business travellers, and those who just prefer the feeling of a home away from home, rather than hotel-style accommodation.
Whether you're visiting the Kruger National Park, one of South Africa's coastal areas, or an inland town or city, there is a wide variety of self-catering options that provide viable alternatives to hotel accommodation when looking for value for money stays.
Self-catering accommodation in South Africa varies from basic units to top-notch 5-star holiday villas, townhouses and apartments. Renting one of these can mean good savings, as you're not paying for expensive hotel breakfasts. And you generally pay a daily or weekly rate for self-catering accommodation, rather than paying per number of people staying there. This is ideal for small groups of travellers or families on a budget.
Many of the Kruger National Park's rest camps and bush lodges offer self-catering options. These include cottages, bungalows, chalets, guest houses and huts. At some bush lodges, self-catering amenities are the only option, as there are no restaurants on-site.
In the coastal areas, holiday cottages, villas and self-catering apartments are plentiful, and timeshare in South Africa is also popular. RCI, one of the world's leading players in the vacation exchange industry, offers more than 400 timeshare resorts in South Africa, many of them self-catering.
Many upmarket golf estates in South Africa also offer self-catering accommodation.
A fairly recent trend is the emergence of upmarket apartment hotels. These are ideal for leisure and business travellers who prefer the freedom of apartment living, but still seek some of the services offered by hotels. Apartment hotels generally have fully-equipped kitchens and are serviced daily. On-site facilities may include a gymnasium, swimming pool, concierge services, bars and restaurants. Some of them even have spas.


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Intel's Haswell IGP to Feature DirectX 11.1, Increased Professional Application Supportby Andrew Cunningham on 8/5/2011 6:08 PM EST
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iwod - Friday, August 05, 2011 - linkIf it support DX11.1 Hardware spec then there is nothing other then laziness not to support OpenGL 4.1 or higher.
And didn't Intel promise us Double Gfx performance every 18 months? Reply
talon0720 - Friday, August 05, 2011 - linkI thought they promised performance equivalent to what Nvidia and AMD have now in 2-3 years. Reply
Luke2.0 - Saturday, August 06, 2011 - linkThey promised (well, were looking to) improve iGPU performance by 12 times over today's performance. How do we translate that?
See the very last sentence in this article
Furthermore, Would it use DDR3 or DDR4?
I mean, compared to current norm's DDR-1333 and 1600 (21.3 and 25.6 GB/s respectively), we would need at least, say, 51.2 GB/s?
Llano's been there first by the way. Reply
DanNeely - Saturday, August 06, 2011 - linkDDDR3 VS DDR4 depends whose predictions you find most credible. Hynix is saying they'll start high volume DDR4 production beginning in 2012. iSupply doesn't expect it to take a significant share of the market until 2014, and not to overtake DDR3 until the next year. At this point I suspect intel is hedging its bets and doing parallel development of Haswell variants with both memory controllers.
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/21200 Reply
ltcommanderdata - Saturday, August 06, 2011 - linkThat chart' is kind of outdated anyways since Sandy Bridge already supports OpenGL 3.1 in the latest drivers without waiting for Ivy Bridge. It's unclear when/whether they'll get full OpenGL 3.3 support though. Reply
ET - Monday, August 08, 2011 - linkI wouldn't call it laziness. It's a matter of priorities. If no important application is using OpenGL 4+, then resources are better put towards API's which applications do support. Reply
CSMR - Sunday, August 07, 2011 - linkIntel has been advertizing speed improvements. Now certifications.
But for professional use correct operation comes first.
Currently the drivers are incompatible with color management on Windows 7 without the user hacking his machine (disabling Intel services like igfxpers). Rules Intel graphics out for people who care about what is displayed on their screen, not just how fast it is displayed.
Unfortunately review sites don't highlight things like this. Reply
B3an - Sunday, August 07, 2011 - linkYou make a good point. I'd never use an iGPU if it cant even be calibrated to display correct colour. Reply
ET - Monday, August 08, 2011 - linkCertifications are meant for correctness, and they're definitely aiming at professional use. Since that's the case, hopefully colour management will get fixed.
By the way, have you provided feedback to Intel about this? Reply


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Fairfax County Begins 30-Year Tree Planting Campaign
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
Oct. 15, 2007
Fairfax County Begins 30-Year Tree Planting Campaign
Plan Supports the 30-Year Tree Canopy Goal and Cool Counties Initiative
Fairfax County's new tree canopy goal took root today with a campaign to plant trees on county properties during the next three decades. Up to 400 trees per year will be planted at county facilities for the next 30 years to reduce pollution and energy costs.
This effort is one step in implementing the 30-Year Tree Canopy Goal that the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors adopted in July. The county aims to blanket 45 percent of the county with tree cover by 2037. The goal is one of the most ambitious for any local government in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
"Planting trees is just one action we must take as part of our response to global warming," said Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly. "Trees help curb greenhouse gases, reduce pollution and cut energy costs. The county is taking the initiative to increase plantings on its own properties, and we urge all local property owners to follow our example to help us achieve this new goal."
Trees make a significant impact on the environment. They remove carbon dioxide from the air, which is the primary greenhouse gas, and they absorb ozone and other pollutants. Shade from trees can reduce a home or building's cooling costs by 10-50 percent in the summer. Every 1 percent increase in tree canopy also reduces mid-day air temperatures by up to 2.88 degrees. Mitigating the heat island effect reduces ground-level ozone during the summertime, helping reduce the risk of Code Red air quality days.
Once achieved, the canopy goal is expected to save taxpayers money. The trees when matured should provide $5.3 million of air pollution removal and $4.7 million of energy conservation every year. The additional canopy also will have the capacity to absorb more than 10 million pounds of carbon dioxide annually, which could eliminate the need for $1 million in greenhouse gas reduction services each year.
To reach its goal, the county and the public will need to plant an additional 2.6 million trees — or 20,400 acres of new canopy — as well as maintain existing trees. New trees will be needed because the county expects to lose 4 percent of its canopy during the next 30 years. This projected canopy loss is equivalent to seven parks the size of Huntley Meadows, one of the county's largest.
The goal also supports the county's Cool Counties initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and it also pushes forward the county's Tree Action Plan. Since 2003, the board has implemented more than $6 million worth of projects and programs to address air quality and global climate change.
For more information about the 30-Year Tree Canopy Goal, call 703-324-1770, TTY 711, or visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes/environmental/trees.htm.
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60 — By Capt. Patrick Sciacca
— May 2003
Suit to Fit
|After years of owning custom sportfishermen, one boater decides to build them his way.
I'm not a clotheshorse by any stretch, but I remember when I bought my first "real" suit. This wasn't just an off-the-rack-and-hope-it-looks-good garment--it was tailored to fit me. The break at the shoes, the length, the fit around the waist just--well, suited me. This perfect fit was accomplished because the suit's material was first-rate, my tailor was skilled, and the tailor listened to exactly what I wanted.
Custom boatbuilders are a lot like my old tailor--you could even call these boatbuilders boat tailors. They take their hull designs and aim to fit an owner's wants and needs into them. It so happens that back in 1999 North Carolina resident Jim Sculley, who coincidentally owned many custom boats over the years, decided to take his knowledge as an owner and become a boat tailor himself. Enter Sculley Boatbuilders. The first launch, a sportfisherman dubbed the Sculley 58, was built of cold-molded okume plywood and featured a Donald Blount-designed hull bottom. She was well received, and two were built and quickly sold.
Now custom boats take a lot more time to design, plan, construct, and tweak than a production boat, and new models don't usually come quickly. This was not the case at Sculley. To the builder, the 58 was just right on many levels, but the Sculley team thought some improvements could be made on the initial model and soon brought a 60-footer--aptly named the Sculley 60--to the table.
The 60, which I tested out of Sailfish Marina in West Palm Beach, Florida, was built on the same basic hull design as the 58, but modified by Sculley's in-house design team, which includes former Buddy Davis vice president, Jim Polatty. "We made a larger planing surface aft, which has provided more lift," says Sculley's marketing man, the other Jim Sculley (big Jim's son), adding that the 60 comes out of the hole quicker than the 58 and averages about a knot or so faster overall.
The 60's hull, like the 58's, is built keel-up (upside down) using cold-molded construction. The boat's jigs are pre-cut and assembled to make the hull form. Three 9-mm layers of okume plywood make up the bottom and two 12-mm layers are used for the hull sides. Do the math and you're talking about a one-inch-thick bottom and slightly less on her sides. The layers of plywood are impregnated with epoxy to help make the 60 a monocoque structure. In addition, the boat has three watertight bulkheads (located forward, amidships, and aft) that help keep any potential water-intrusion problems localized and beef up the hull's structure transversely. That's some heavy-duty construction, and during my test with Sculley (the son) and company sales' director Ken McLeskey, the two said they wouldn't have it any other way. "We want to build boats so you can run in rough water as fast as possible and still be comfortable," Sculley says, noting that he's seen the 60 knock down eight-plus-footers with ease.
The 60 has a heavy build without a heavy weight; with a 68,000-pound (dry) displacement, she's comparable in weight to her peers, and, like Sculley says, she moves quite well and comfortably when paired with standard twin 1,480-hp MTU 12V2000 Series diesel inboards. (You can also pick an engine package that fits your particular speed needs. After all, this is a tailored boat.) These powerplants happen to be in one of the cleanest engines rooms I've seen in recent memory. The whole area is Awlgripped white (standard) and has about six-foot headroom and walkaround access to both engines.
This article originally appeared in the April 2003 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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News and Events
Due to our emphasis on real-world application, The Robert Day School of Economics and Finance hosts many events to provide a meaningful link between academia and the financial services industry. Each semester, speakers from top academic institutions, Wall Street, and corporate America come to campus to participate in the Distinguished Speaker Series and RDS Seminar Series. Additionally, RDS students are encouraged to partake in the robust programs of the Athenaeum, which is a place where students and faculty gather daily for intellectual discourse in an intimate and relaxed setting to integrate their academic and social lives.
Recent News
RDS and KLI Help Launch new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Professor Cronqvist's Research Paper wins ARES Manuscript Prize
Claremont Colleges Launch Silicon Valley Program
Professor Manfred Keil Publishes Piece in San Diego Union-Tribune: Could Likability Factor Outweight the Economy in the Election?
Research by Henrik Cronqvist Featured in Wall Street Journal Blog, Bloomberg Businessweek, and The Economist
RDS Announces Class of 2013 Robert Day Scholars
November 18, 2011
RDS Seminar Series Alan Spearot
University of California, Santa Cruz
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Kravis 367
December 2, 2011
RDS Distinguished Speaker Series
Javier Leon '88
Managing Director, Andell Sports Group
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
MMC Athenaeum
December 2, 2011
RDS Seminar Series
Scott Carrell
University of California, Davis
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Kravis 367
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July 29, 2011
Fan Yu's Research on Operational Risk in Financial Institutions is Featured in Bloomberg Article
April 25, 2011
RDS Announces New BA/MA Program in Finance
April 15, 2011
RDS Case Competition Winners Announced
April 6, 2011
Mary Evans Installed as Mitchell Chair in Environmental Economics
March 23, 2011
Manfred Keil Awarded Prestigious Faculty Fellowship
March 1, 2011
RDS Announces Class of 2012 Robert Day Scholars
January 26, 2011
Gregory Hess, CMC's Dean of the Faculty and Boswell Professor of Economics, discusses Federal Reserve policy statement on Fox Business News
August 5, 2010
Professors Cronqvist and Barnea Appear on PBS
June 16, 2010
Professor Cronqvist Wins Awards for Submissions
June 11, 2010
Michael Wilner '11 Interviews Craig McPherson '06 About His Congressional Campaign
June 8, 2010
Professor Blomberg Named Interim Dean for RDS
March 26, 2010
Dean Hess Presents Monetary Policy Paper to Shadow Open Market Committee
October 1, 2009
Peter Barker '70 P'01 Named Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
September 30, 2009
Dean Hess Discusses Economic Policy on Bloomberg Radio
September 30, 2009
The Robert Day School of Economics and Finance Announces Advisory Board
September 3, 2009
Arrival of CMC's Inaugural Graduate Class Kicks-off School Year
Through events at Claremont McKenna College's Athenaeum and the Robert Day School Distinguished Speaker Series, students have learned from former President Bill Clinton, author Thomas Friedman, educator Richard Thaler (University of Chicago), and countless business leaders of such organizations as TCW, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Google, and Abercrombie and Fitch.


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|The Project
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Chassis 2 - Other pros, cons and information...
Authors: Chris, James
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James - Here is a table of potential advantages and disadvatages of using B.subtilis for our project and some more general chassis ad/disad. We may wish to think about chassis ad/dis seperatly, for example, in the registry the we will want to put the chassis info up!
|Single Membrane - B.subtilis is a gram-positive bacterium and contains only a single membrane. This makes B.subtilis an ideal organism for secretion of proteins (in our case, peptides for the biomaterials) in high amounts.
|Peptidase activity - B.subtilis possesses a stringent protein folding checking system that may reject our biomaterials. Proteins expressed in B.subtilis may not fold correctly causing a build up inside the cell. B.subtilis responds to this problem by expressing exopeptidases, which digest the protein. There is a risk that our biomaterial may be cleaved up before it can be secreted.
|Availability of Potential Parts - B.subtilis is a highly studied organism, its genome has been fully sequenced and many of these genes have been functionaly annotated. As a result, B.subtilis provides many useful potential parts that we could take advantage of. For example within our project, potential parts for control of motility, light sensing and secretion pathways.
|Biobricking - Even though some of the parts for our project are potentially available, we still have to manipulate them carefully such that they conform to existing Biobrick standards.
|Natural Competency - B. subtilis has been noted for its ease and efficieny of transformation. Plasmids can be naturally taken up by B. subtilis cells.
|Vector Degradation - B.subtilis does not use all the same vectors as E.coli. One reason for this is that B.subtilis often recognises vectors grown in E.coli and digests them. This will (judging by the approach of previous iGEM teams) include the biobrick itself.
|Starting from scratch - Although previous iGEM teams have looked at B.subtilis as a potential chassis, there are few working B.subtilis parts. As a result we will have to design a vaerity of promoter, ribosome binding sites and protein coding regions
|Non-pathogenicity - B.subtilis is a non-pathogenic organism that is commonly found in soil. As a result, B.subtilis has a biological harzardous level of 1 and offers a useful non-pathogenic chassis for synthetic biologists.
|High Motility - B.subtilis is often referred to as a highly motile organsim. Quoted velocity range from 60 - 100 μm per second. In comparison to E.coli which has an average velocity of .... B.subtilis is much more motile.
|Sporulation: Transport - Under stress conditions, B.subtilis will form spores. These spores are highly resistant versions of single cells, able to withstand extreme temperatures and pH. These spores are capable of growing into new cells once favourable growing conditions are restored. Due to the resistance of spores, there is a great potential for manipulating them for transporting B.subtilis devices and constructs.


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After the reception the couple left for a honeymoon in storm-hit Hope Cove in Devon.
Mr Lindsell said: "Seeing your reception venue sink beneath the waves was a gloomy way to start Christmas but despite the weather we had a wonderful day with fantastic support from friends and family to make a very special day."
Ms Doran, 35, a teacher and daughter of Cobham couple Colm and Denise, and Mr Lindsell, son of Stuart and Jayne, also of Cobham, met after she returned from sunny Sydney.
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Lifetime's biopic starring "America's Next Top Model" alum Yaya DaCosta has Whitney Houston's mother up in arms.
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We'd have been shocked if the image of Rihanna on her promotional poster for her upcoming Diamonds tour was anything other than a shot of the singer topless. RiRi has a real aversion to things like bras and shirts when the camera is on her, so why should her tour poster be any different? Um, hello! Rihanna's girls are becoming more and more familiar with each shirt-free image she shares.
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Ri's lips are painted a deep shade of wine, topping off what adds up to an exotic and sultry image.
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The 19-year-old, who celebrated his birthday on Sunday, has started all of Liverpool's last three games and scored the fifth in their 5-1 thumping of Norwich.
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PLYMOUTH, N.H.– The beauty of New Hampshire's White Mountains are the
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When ever I create a website. I start with a simple plan on paper and when I get in photoshop, I am able to find the color I need, just by trying and seeing what I like.
However, right now I am trying to redesign a site that I started a long time a go, and I'm blocked, I can't seem to get any color scheme that I like out of photoshop.
The two man colors that I am going to use are: #007C8D and #00808C, but the site still looks empty.
Long a go I read the site point book "beautiful web design" (something like that), and I remember it talking about using the color wheel to generate the color you would need for your site.
Now, because I never used it before, I wanted to ask your opinion if this is the correct use of a color wheel?So am I right in thinking that I am now supposed to use any of the colors from the squares on the bottom right of this result : http://colorschemedesigner.com/#3k21T--sSw0w0
If you could help me in anyway, I would be greatful
I think "supposed" is too strong a word. It's just a suggestion! There are various styles, too, like mono, complement and triad etc. These are just possible color combinations that might work together, but they may not work for you.
When you say "the site still looks empty", I suspect color is not the main issue. Make sure you have a clear plan for the organization of content the site, as that is more important than color and other decoration.
Feel free to request a review for more suggestions.
That is exactly what I wanted to hear.
you are right that color is not the only issue (I did not word it correctly) but as stook on color choices (something that I usually visualize right at the beginning) and just need that kind of assurance that those colors are suggestion.
but they may not work for you.
Thanks for saying that. This was the kind of advice I was looking for.
The site is not ready to be reviewed
You need to pick a base color. The color wheel function is to help you select MATCHING colors ( a palette).. in the website you saw they are displayed in the boxes you mentioned ( thats for you to pick the colors, not a suggested layout or use of the colors). For #F3A6CD for text and #00535B for a bg. Keep in mind these are also suggestions.
Also note there are may harmonies with in it depending on what you need... ,mono chromatic, complimentary, split complementary.. etc. You can then pick and chose individual colors from any of these schemes based on the mood you want to give the site and your knowledge of color theory.
Another note, sometimes I will add a discordant color (one WAY off from the scheme suggested) to a scheme as a strong highlight or conversely i will add a neutral color to the suggested scheme. I find doing so broadens my choices and augments the moods that can be created.
hope that helps
As I said this is the first time I am using the color wheel so I will have to play around with it. I never used it before, I normally have no trouble choosing the color I need (and from feed back I get, I've never been wrong).
This is a good idea, I dont think I ever done this, but I can imagine it working well.
I think it's time for me to read on color and learn about of theory of how to choose colors - though I have a feeling that nothing beats the designers instinct (I might be speaking too soon )
"designer's instinct", like any other instinct, is just research + experience.
Don't forget to take your expected audience/client base onto consideration.A website aimed at pre-school or primary school children will work on a completely different colour palette to one aimed at businessmen, you may end up using colours from opposite sides of the colour wheel for children.What are your competitors sites like? Do you want to blend in with them, or do you want to stand out?
I want to stand out, as the competition look like they have been designed few years a go, too cluttered.
Yes, that's my favorite tool. (The OP mentioned this one in the first post.)
I also like Adobe's Kuler as a color design tool. And the community comes up with some awesome color palettes.
I tend towards the "matchy-matchy" color schemes if I'm not careful -- I told a current client that if left to my own devices, my unconscious preferences towards ice blues and steely grays make my sites look like the Fortress of Solitude. I had to have a 7th grader point out to me that blue and brown went together beautifully. Color isn't my strong point, either.
Right now that client really likes a relatively monochromatic palette based on several shades of lavender and purple. I'm having to include aesthetic appeal with things like typography, structure, and the like, to mitigate what I consider a relatively dull palette. There are alternatives to big bold David Bromstad-like palettes.
There is this fantastic tool that has popular colour themes: http://kuler.adobe.com/ You may want to try that.
Site looking empty has nothing to do with the colour. All you need to do is make a comprehensive sitemap that covers present and future needs. Once that is done, you will need to think of elements you want to promote on homepage. Elements can be selected based on your project goals. For instance, if you want your homepage to do sales for you, then highlight your best products..
A cool trick to try (what I done with my blog) is to take an image with really nice colours, go into photoshop, filters > pixellate > mosaic, make the squares nice and big, and then colour pick from there. Sometimes you can create some really cool colour schemes
There are some tips for Choosing color for a website:-1>Color Rotate2>Ruler3>Scheme4>Copaso5>Color Blendor6>Toucan
What I would suggest is to make sure the colors you pick are natural and not 'plastic'.I would also try using line patterns with differen density and play reversing the forground and the background.


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There is to be no hero's return to Selhurst Park for Wilfried Zaha.
The 21-year-old Manchester United winger is set for a loan move, but Crystal Palace boss Tony Pulis revealed this morning that United have snubbed Palace's interest.
Zaha, who signed at Old Trafford at the end of last season, is being targeted by Newcastle United and Cardiff City.
Pulis said: "We've spoken to David Moyes about Zaha and I don't think he's too keen on him coming back to London.
"It's not a problem for us, he's a Manchester United player. We don't think it's a goer, although we were very keen if there was a possibility to take him on."
Pulis was more upbeat over the prospect of bringing other new names to south east London.
He said: "There are irons in other fires and we're working hard to bring other players in.
"It's what we need to do. I said when I came here that this window was important Palace. If we can have a good window then that gives us a better opportunity of staying up."