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18.104.22.168 Space-time studies
Here we consider studies that incorporate the time evolution of forced signals into the optimal detection formalism. These studies use evolving patterns of historical climate change in the 20th century that are obtained from climate models forced with historical anthropogenic and natural forcing. Explicit representation of the time dimension of the signals yields a more powerful approach for both detecting and attributing climate change (see Hasselmann, 1993; North et al., 1995) since it helps to distinguish between responses to external forcings with similar spatial patterns (e.g., solar and greenhouse gas forcing). The time variations of the signals can be represented either directly in the time domain or transformed to the frequency domain.
Surface temperature
Signal amplitudes estimated with multiple regression become uncertain when the signals are strongly correlated ("degenerate"). Despite the problem of degeneracy, positive and significant greenhouse gas and sulphate aerosol signals are consistently detected in the most recent fifty-year period (Figure 12.11) regardless of which or how many other signals are included in the analysis (Allen et al., 2000a; Stott et al., 2001). The residual variation that remains after removal of the signals is consistent with the model's internal variability. In contrast, recent decadal temperature changes are not consistent with the model's internal climate variability alone, nor with any combination of internal variability and naturally forced signals, even allowing for the possibility of unknown processes amplifying the response to natural forcing.
Tett et al. (2000) have completed a study using a model with no flux adjustments, an interactive sulphur cycle, an explicit representation of individual greenhouse gases and an explicit treatment of scattering by aerosols. Two ensembles of four simulations for the instrumental period were run, one with natural (solar and volcanic) forcing only and the other anthropogenic (well-mixed greenhouse gases, ozone and direct and indirect sulphate aerosol) forcing only (see Figure 12.4). They find a substantial response to anthropogenic forcing is needed to explain observed changes in recent decades, and that natural forcing may have contributed significantly to early 20th century climate change. The best agreement between model simulations and observations over the last 140 years has been found when all the above anthropogenic and natural forcing factors are included (Stott et al., 2000b; Figure 12.7c). These results show that the forcings included are sufficient to explain the observed changes, but do not exclude the possibility that other forcings may also have contributed.
The detection of a response to solar forcing in the early part of the century (1906 to 1956) is less robust and depends on the details of the analysis. If seasonally stratified data are used (Stott et al., 2001), the detection of a significant solar influence on climate in the first half of the century becomes clearer with the solar irradiance reconstruction of Hoyt and Schatten (1993), but weaker with that from Lean et al. (1995). Volcanism appears to show only a small signal in recent decadal temperature trends and could only be detected using either annual mean data or specifically chosen decades (Stott et al., 2001). The residual variability that remains after the naturally forced signals are removed from the observations of the most recent five decades are not consistent with model internal variability, suggesting that natural forcing alone cannot explain the observed 20th century temperature variations. Note that Delworth and Knutson (2000) find one out of five of their simulations with only anthropogenic forcing can reproduce the early century global mean warming, including the enhanced warming in Northern Hemisphere high latitudes. Hence a substantial response to anthropogenic (specifically greenhouse) forcing appears necessary to account for the warming over the past 50 years, but it remains unclear whether natural external forcings are necessary to explain the early 20th century warming.
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'We in Israel understand the shock and agony,' Netanyahu tells Obama after Connecticut slaughter
Israeli leaders send condolences in aftermath of school shooting; 'there is nothing more shocking that the murder of children,' says Peres
Israeli leaders on Saturday conveyed their "deepest condolences" to Washington in the aftermath of the Connecticut elementary school shooting rampage Friday that left 26 people dead, including 20 children.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote a letter to US President Barack Obama in which he condemned the "savage massacre of innocents" that targeted the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut.
"We in Israel have experienced such cruel acts of slaughter and we know the shock and agony that they bring," wrote the prime minister.
"I want to express my profound grief, and that of all the people of Israel, to the families that lost their loved ones," he said, expressing hope that Obama and the American people would "find the strength to overcome this unspeakable tragedy."
President Shimon Peres also sent his condolences to the White House, saying that the hearts of the Israeli people went out to the victims and their families.
"No experience with death can be likened to that of a parents' loss of their child. No crime is
more heinous than the killing of a child," the president wrote.
"On behalf of the people of Israel, as friends and as parents, we stand with you today in
contemplation and grief over the atrocious, incomprehensible massacre of 20 children and six
adults — educators — at Sandy Hook Elementary School," he added. "Our thoughts and prayers are with you."
Hatnua ("the movement") chief Tzipi Livni, meanwhile, conveyed her sympathies to Obama and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in a letter.
"I was shocked to the depths of my soul in light of the tragic news of the killings at a Connecticut school," she wrote. "Senseless violence has reared its ugliest head and struck at the most fragile of human beings — young children."
Images of a tearful Obama speaking after the shooting resonated around the world Saturday, with many outside the United States expressing hope Saturday that America's latest school massacre would prompt the country to strengthen gun control.
Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Union's executive Commission, said: "Young lives full of hope have been destroyed. On behalf of the European Commission and on my own behalf, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this terrible tragedy."
The gunman, 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed his mother at their home before beginning his deadly rampage inside the school in Newtown, Connecticut, then committed suicide, police said.
Later Saturday, as a stunned world asked how a 20-year-old described as brilliant but remote would have been driven to such a crime and how he chose his victims, some as young as 5, police said Lanza had forced his way into the school.
British Prime Minister David Cameron, said he was "deeply saddened" to learn of the "horrific shooting."
"My thoughts are with the injured and those who have lost loved ones," he said. "It is heartbreaking to think of those who have had their children robbed from them at such a young age, when they had so much life ahead of them."
Queen Elizabeth II sent a message to President Barack Obama, saying she was shocked to learn of the "dreadful loss of life" and that the thoughts and prayers of all in the UK are with those affected by the events.
Pope Benedict XVI asked the Holy See's secretary of state to "convey his heartfelt grief and the assurance of his closeness in prayer to the victims and their families, and to all those affected by the shocking event," the Vatican said Saturday. It also sent a condolence message to Monsignor Jerald A. Doyle at the diocese in Connecticut that includes Newton.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast conveyed his country's condolences for the families of the victims in a statement, but he also took the opportunity to call on the US to fight "warmongering and the massacre of innocent people" around the world.
"There is no difference between the children and teenagers who are victimized by armed attacks in Gaza and the US, Afghanistan or Pakistan and Iraq or Syria, and everyone should try to ensure overall peace, security and tranquility for all the people around the world," read the statement.
But amid the messages of condolences, much of the discussion after the Connecticut rampage centered on gun control — a baffling subject for many in Asia and Europe, where mass shootings also have occurred but where access to guns is much more heavily restricted.
Many Twitter users and media personalities in the UK immediately invoked Dunblane — a 1996 shooting in that small Scottish town which killed 16 children. That tragedy prompted a campaign that ultimately led to tighter gun controls effectively making it illegal to buy or possess a handgun in the UK.
"This is America's Dunblane," British CNN host Piers Morgan wrote on Twitter late Friday. "We banned handguns in Britain after that appalling tragedy. What will the US do? Inaction not an option."
French President Francois Hollande said in an open letter to Obama that he was "horrified" by the shooting, while Russian leader Vladimir Putin called the events "particularly tragic," given that the majority of the victims were children.
"Vladimir Putin asked Barack Obama to convey words of support and sympathy to the families and friends of the victims and expressed his empathy with the American people," the Kremlin said in a statement about Putin's message to the US president.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard described the attack as a "senseless and incomprehensible act of evil."
"Like President Obama and his fellow Americans, our hearts too are broken," Gillard said in a statement, referring to the US leader's emotional expression of condolence.
Australia confronted a similar tragedy in 1996, when a man went on a shooting spree in the southern state of Tasmania, killing 35 people. The mass killing sparked outrage across the country and led the government to impose strict new gun laws, including a ban on semi-automatic rifles.
The attack quickly dominated public discussion in China, rocketing to the top of topic lists on social media and becoming the top story on state television's main noon newscast.
China has seen several rampage attacks at schools in recent years, though the attackers there usually use knives and not guns. The most recent attack happened Friday, when a knife-wielding man injured 22 children and one adult outside a primary school in central China.
With more than 100,000 Chinese studying in US schools, a sense of shared grief came through.
"Parents with children studying in the US must be tense. School shootings happen often in the US Can't politicians put away politics and prohibit gun sales?" Zhang Xin, a wealthy property developer, wrote on her feed on the Twitter-like Sina Weibo service, where she has 4.9 million followers. "There will always be mental patients among us. They should not be given guns."
In India, Kiran Bedi, a retired pioneering policewoman who is now a major anti-corruption activist, tweeted in the shorthand style familiar to users of text services that: "Firearms in hands of unbalanced r security threat! Gun/even Driving license issue needs due diligence! They r responsibility before a right!"
Some in South Korea, whose government does not allow people to possess guns privately, blamed a lack of gun control in the United States for the high number of deaths in Connecticut. Most people on the Internet expressed utter shock at the scale of the tragedy, many of them calling it frightful and unimaginable and expressing condolences to the families of the victims.
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's top daily, speculated in an online report that it appears "inevitable" that the shooting will prompt the US government to consider tighter gun control.
In Thailand, which has one of Asia's highest rates of murder by firearms and has seen schools attacked by Islamist insurgents in its southern provinces, a columnist for the English-language daily newspaper The Nation blamed American culture for fostering a climate of violence.
"Repeated incidents of gunmen killing innocent people have shocked the Americans or us, but also made most people ignore it quickly," Thanong Khanthong wrote on Twitter. "Because each Hollywood movie, namely Batman and Spiderman, have hidden the message of violence and brutal killings."
"Intentionally or not, Hollywood and video games have prepared people's mind to see killings and violence as normal and acceptable," he wrote.
In Japan, where guns are severely restricted and there are extremely few gun-related crimes, public broadcaster NHK led the noon news Saturday with the shooting, putting it ahead of an update on the final day of campaigning before Sunday's nationwide parliamentary elections.
NHK, which had a reporter giving a live broadcast from the scene, said that five of the children at the school were Japanese, and that all five were safe. Its report could not immediately be independently confirmed.
Condolences poured in also from Baghdad.
"We feel sorry for the victims and their families. And this tragic incident shows there is no violence-free society in the world, even in Western and non-Muslim countries," said Hassan Sabah, 30, owner of stationary shop in eastern Baghdad.
Samir Abdul-Karim, a 40-year-old government employee from eastern Baghdad said, "This attack shows clearly that US society is not perfect and the Americans do have people with criminal minds and who are ready to kill for the silliest reasons. "
He added, "If such an attack happened in Iraq or Afghanistan, I am sure the US media would have seized the chance to depict the Arabs or Muslims as savage people who do not hesitate to kill children. "
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda sent a condolence message to Obama. "We express our condolences to the families of the victims," he said. "The sympathy of the Japanese people is with the American people."
In the Philippines, a society often afflicted by gun violence, President Benigno Aquino III said he and the Filipino people stand beside the United States "with bowed heads, yet in deep admiration over the manner in which the American people have reached out to comfort the afflicted, and to search for answers that will give meaning and hope to this grim event.
"We pray for healing, and that this heartbreak will never be visited on any community ever again," Aquino said in a statement tweeted by deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte.


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see several abbreviations and terms that I am not familiar with. Can
you explain?
When do you
fill the orders that we place right now?
I spent a lot of time selecting coupons and putting them in my cart. Then I left, and when I came back later in the day, my cart was empty. Why?
What do you do and how can you help
How long will my order take to get to me once shipped?
Do You Provide MAIL TRACKING for our envelopes that come first class?
What do I need to do first?
How do I order?
Do you have a Minimum Order?
How do I remove coupons from my cart?
Why don't you fill coupon orders
on Thursdays?
What does the Q mean on the site?
I found it under ORDER STATUS.
When do you change the order status?
What if I open my order and I've found a mistake that you made?
What if YOU there at TCC make a mistake and I miss a sale on something really super? Will you compensate me for what I 'could have' saved?
What if I've made a mistake and ordered 66 of something, but I only wanted 6?
What is the 'Admin fee" all about? I see it located at the bottom of my orders?
I just want 20 total coupons,
totaling only $1.00, but the cart won't let me check out. Why not?
I see the words LIMIT 10 on some
of the coupons. Is that per person, or what?
Why do you impose limits?
I placed a $9 order. Does that
mean I can order 3x the quantity of limited items?
Some of the HOT coupons don't
seem to be very popular. Why are they on the HOT coupons page?
How long will the HOT coupons
stay on the HOT coupons page?
How often do you update the list?
When do you put the new Sunday
Supplement coupons on the list?
What does the "NEW" icon and the "SPECIAL" icon mean?
Where do you get all your coupons?
What good are expired coupons?
Speaking of emails, I want to
be removed from your email list. What do I do?
How do you get paid?
If I send you money in the mail,
how long does it take you to post it?
I get lots of extra coupons each
week that I do not use. Do you want them?
Why don't you describe the restaurant
coupons more, even if we ask you to?
I tried to post something, but
the forum doesn't recognize me. I'm logged in to the coupon site. Why
am I not recognized here?
Do I have to put in a valid Email
addy here, too?
I like the forum. I can see where
it would be a good place to meet up with other traders. Can I trade
my own coupons there?
Am I allowed to place my referral
links on there, so that when someone goes to another site, that I can
get credit for it?
Are your gluten-free items actually gluten-free?
I see several
abbreviations and terms that I am not familiar with. Can you explain?
Buy one, get one free
B2G1F: Buy two, get one
DND or DNT: Do not double
or do not triple
DND-5: This means Do Not
Double, but it will double at most stores in the north that have machines
doing the doubling.
DND-9: This means
Do Not Double, but it will NOT double at most stores in the north that
have machines doing the doubling.
SD: Store Display
SS:Sunday Supplement or Smart Source, depending on context.
RB: Red Blinkie
CRT: Cash Register Tape
CODE: This means that
a form only needs a cash register tape (CRT) in order to be able to
take advantage of the offer. Lots of people save ONLY their CRTs, so
these forms are more in demand than those which require both the UPC
and the CRT.
NED: No Expiration Date
FORM: A rebate certificate
which, when filled out appropriately and mailed in, will warrant you
the said-mentioned rebate as listed.
CO: Coupon
NonSS: Non-Sunday Supplement. These coupons did NOT come out in our Sunday supplement sections.
POP: Proof of Purchase, which is usually the UPC bar code.
UPC: Universal Product Code.. The bar codes on each item which stores usually scan to get the price.
H/F: Handling Fee
C: Completed. Your order is finished and has been shipped Q=Queued. Your order is in line (Queue) and is waiting to be completed and shipped. No need to worry about this order.
I: Incomplete. Oops. Something went crazy when placing your order and the order was NOT finished. We did NOT get it and you need to panic! Contact us about what to do about getting your order.
F: Failed. Something definitely went wrong with the payment and we definitely did not get your payment OR your order. Just try again and it'll probably work fine.
do you fill the orders that we place right now?
Here is a basic schedule guideline of when you place your order and
when we fill it: If you place your order:
-----Friday from 11:01 a.m. until Sunday afternoon at 5:00 p.m ., we ship on Monday by 5 p.m.
---- Sunday, 5:01 p.m. to Tuesday at 9:00 a.m., we ship by Tuesday at 5 p.m.
----Tuesday from 9:01 a.m. until Wednesday at 11 a.m., we ship on Wednesday by 5 p.m.
----Wednesday from 11:01 a.m. until Friday at 11:00 a.m., we ship on Friday by 5 p.m.
For the fastest turnaround time, order on Tuesday night or Thursday night. The orders will go out the next day...or else on Wed. or Friday morning at 10 a.m.
MAIL HOLIDAYS automatically bump to the next MAIL SHIPPING day.
We reserve the right to extend our deadlines, but we won't shorten them without letting you know on the front page.
I spent a lot of time selecting coupons and putting them in my cart. Then I left, and when I came back later in the day, my cart was empty. Why?
We have given you 90 minutes to get your order started and finished. We do not have a 'save cart' feature and cannot implement one due to the timely nature of getting these out to you.
If you think you'll have to be away for a while, just go ahead and complete the order. If you pay for priority or express shipping, we can combine the shipping and credit you the postage for your next orders with TCC.
What do you do and how can you
help me?
We are a full-service coupon clipping service, providing manufacturer's
coupons and rebate forms for a small handling fee.
You can easily save 20-30% of your grocery bill each week, and if you
can double your coupons, you can wipe out 40-60% of that bill with carefully
planned shopping trips.
We here at The Coupon Clippers are known for our speed, our honesty,
our customer service and our response time. We work hard to provide
the very best coupon clipping service that we can! If you order soon
enough, we can have this week's coupons in your mail box before week's
end, so you can use them at sales this week, without having to do any
of the clipping yourself!
The time that it takes for an order to arrive is up to the United States Postal Service and YOU. However, these are the basic guidelines:
If you selected regular USPS shipping, the item should arrive via USPS within 3
- 10 days after from the date of shipping.
If you selected Priority shipping, we will ship using Priority Mail and your packet of money saving coupons should arrive in 2 to 3 business days (Don't count Sundays) from date of shipping. However, priority is NOT a guaranteed service by the USPS and they are only "guesstimates" given by the USPS.
If you selected EXPRESS shipping, then, delivery will be 1 to 3 days after date of shipping, depending on how close you live to a major airport and whether you're ordering for delivery over the weekend or not. (The post office does NOT deliver on Sundays, so if you request an Express shipping on Friday and it's a 2 day Express, then they won't deliver it until Monday.
I'd suggest just going with priority mail at that point, as that's also going to get there on Monday, most likely.)
These shipping times are estimates and delivery times may vary.
We at TCC cannot guarantee the post office's delivery times. These are guesstimates based on what we've experienced over 500,000 orders.
International Standard shipments are expected to arrive in 10 to 24 days (they may take 6 to 8 weeks because of delays in customs). When shipping to islands like Guam or Hawaii or territories as Puerto Rico, usually regular mail delivery times apply, but allow for extra time, just because of the sheer distance that your envelope must travel.
Do You Provide MAIL TRACKING for our envelopes that come first class?
The USPS does not. However, the USPS will provide tracking for priority and express envelopes.
What do I need to do first?
First you must register and pick a USERNAME and password. Click on the Logon link found on the TOP RIGHT of every page. On the LOGIN page you will see a link to REGISTER HERE under the New Customers heading, click on that link and it will take you to our Registration page. You may not use your email
address as your USERNAME. Please pick a user name you can easily remember.
Then store both your user name and your password in a safe place. A
good suggestion, for those who use Microsoft Outlook, is to create a
sticky pad NOTE in Outlook, and put it on that. Otherwise, I would suggest
when you get the email notice from us in a couple of minutes after registering
that you store that in a file called IMPORTANT REGISTRATION INFORMATION.
How do I order?
Click on the links on the top left hand side that say A-C, D-F, etc. You'll find boxes available where you can enter numbers beside specific coupons that are described. The handling fees are listed at the far right of the screen. If you cannot see the handling fees, you need to set the screen size resolution smaller on your desktop, so that you can get the whole page to be visible at the same time on your screen. (To do that, Google your browser and follow the directions you find.)
Once you've inputted your desired quantities of coupons, go to the top or bottom and hit the "Add to cart" "GO" button. Your items will automatically be entered into your cart. You can now continue shopping and keep adding to your cart in the same manner. When you are ready to checkout, click on either the 'View Cart' or 'Checkout' links on the left of the page. If you click 'View Cart,' you'll then continue with the CHECKOUT button at the bottom of the page. Follow the directions on each page, and just keep clicking on 'CONTINUE.'
When you submit your order, you will automatically get a CONFIRMATION from my server that the order was received and you will have an order number with it. IF THAT DOES NOT COME TO YOU IN AN EMAIL, THEN YOUR ORDER WAS NOT PROCESSED.
Some internet companies cut people off in the middle of being on line, and others have problems like that. In order for you to be assured that I received the order, you must be sure to get a confirmation number. Otherwise, we did NOT get the order, because it was not processed through to the end.
If you need to ask me a question about an order, PLEASE INCLUDE THE ORDER NUMBER which will automatically come to the email address that you provide. Please be sure that this e-mail address is a good one and that it can receive e-mails..(Some people use a feature on AOL that rejects ALL e-mails except a certain few people, and they order, but forgot to add the TCC e-mail address to their list of acceptees!) TCC cannot answer questions to an email address that bounces!
Do you have a Minimum Order
Yes, we require a $3 order BEFORE the shipping and admin fee.
How do I remove coupons from my cart?
Hit the delete link next to each coupon from within the cart. Changing the quantity to zero will not work.
Why don't you fill coupon orders
on Thursdays?
We normally fill priorities and express orders on Thursdays. Unless you live nearby, regular orders take 3 to 10 days so they wouldn't arrive until Monday anyway.
What does the Q mean on the
site? I found it under ORDER STATUS.
It means Queued. The word 'Queue' means that it's in line. That's a good
one for those who like Scrabble. I learned the definition of the word
as a kid, but never really used it much. A Q means that the order has
not been mailed yet.
When do you change the order
After the orders have been mailed out for the day. So, generally speaking, don't check for any changes on this until after 5 p.m. each day. However, you will get an email stating that the order was mailed out and when it was mailed out. So, there's not really any need to check the status online anyway.
We try very hard to be 100% accurate in every way. If you find, however, that we have made a mistake, with accidentally substituting an incorrect coupon or by leaving the coupons out, please contact us in one of two ways.
Please email us at: email@example.com. State your order number and what we did wrong. Also tell us whether you want credit or replacement coupons.
We'll acknowledge that we got it and let you know what we can do. If you did not get any kind of response after two business days, please email us again. Sometimes emails get lost in cyberspace.
What if YOU there at TCC make a mistake and I miss a sale on something really super? Will you compensate me for what I 'could have' saved?
We reserve the right to limit our credits/refunds and/or replacement coupons to the original handling fee amount only. Because we are working with issues that are invariably 'your word against mine', we also ONLY issue IN-STORE credits or send replacement coupons. We do our best to be 100% accurate. If you let us know of a problem, we'll be glad to fix it, as best as we can. However, we cannot be responsible for missed sales or possible savings not received. We are here to help you save money and we hope that with careful coupon selection, you'll see a tremendous savings at your local markets! We strive for 100% accuracy.
What if I've made a mistake and ordered 66 of something, but I only wanted 6?
If everything else on the order is 5 or 6 or 10 and you order 66 of something, you should mention it in a note to us the second you notice it. If you catch it several HOURS later, you need to write a separate email and title it: EMERGENCY and then be sure to include the same name which you used to place the order and the order number, for quick reference and an easy fix.
Remember, the easier you make it for us to FIX the problem that exists, the more likely it is to get resolved quickly and easily. Sometimes people place orders in one name and then send me emails in a different one and we have a hard time ascertaining what's going on without doing some Perry Mason style research first. This type of problem invariably gets moved to the bottom of the stack and results in a disappointing experience for all of us.
What is the 'Admin fee" all about? I see it located
at the bottom of my orders.
This is a $.50 per order fee that we are using to cover
the new additional expenses that our bankers and paypal are charging
us to allow us to use these services. Most businesses merely bump up
the price of their product $.50-$2 to over the additional overhead.
However, we do not have ANY real spot into which to incorporate this,
so we just have a universal $.50 fee per order to cover the cost.
LIMITS and MINIMUM ORDERS
I just want 20 total coupons, totaling only
$1.00, but the cart won't let me check out. Why not?
We require a minimum order of $3, before the admin fee and the postage charge.
I see the words LIMIT 10 on some of the coupons.
Is that per person, or what?
That limit is imposed per person and/or address per ordering time period. So, that means, it's a LIMIT 10 from Friday at 11:01 a.m. until Sunday afternoon at 5 p.m.. However, if the coupons are still on Sunday morning at 5:01 pm, feel free to order another 10. If you try to place two orders within the same filling time period, we'll simply cancel the one that's the duplicate and credit or refund the payment.
Why do you impose limits?
So that more different families can benefit by them.
I placed a $9 order. Does that mean I can
order 3x the quantity of limited items?
No. You are limited to just one batch of LIMITED coupons, no matter
how large your order is.
How often do you update the list?
Sometimes 4-5 times per day. You can see the latest update time on
the top left hand corner on the home page.
When do you put the new Sunday Supplement
coupons on the list?
We put them up as soon as we can. You can start looking for the weekend's coupons on Friday night. However, we don't have any regular time of putting them up. However, we do send out an email telling you when they are up. So, be sure to sign up for the emails on the home page.
What does the "NEW" icon and the "SPECIAL" icon
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get these at the stores, from other states, from other relatives or
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word out about their products.
Where do you get all your coupons?
We buy a lot of local Sunday newspapers. And yes, we buy the entire paper. We also get everyone around me to save all of their supplements when they are done and they give them to me. We also find coupons everywhere and have been known to take trips simply to look for coupons.
What good are expired coupons?
Some stores allow people to use them well beyond their expiration dates. At overseas commissaries, the military are generally allowed to use them for 3 months past the expiry given on the coupon. Some stores in Chicago accept expireds with no limits. Other than that they make good mulch or recyclable material for your newspaper bin.
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Anonymous, the mischief-makers behind the website attacks in support of Wikileaks earlier this year, has named Sony as its next target.
Sony has managed to provoke the militant group's ire by pursuing legal action against hackers who jailbroke the PS3.
Anonymous writes in a statement on its website, "Congratulations, Sony. You have now received the undivided attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal action against our fellow hackers, GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo, has not only alarmed us, it has been deemed wholly unforgivable."
Quaking in its boots
The hacker consortium goes on to claim that Sony has "abused the judicial system in an attempt to censor information on how [its] products work" and "violated the privacy of thousands".
Sony was recently granted legal access to user information and IP addresses from YouTube, Blogspot and Twitter as part of its legal action against the PS3 hackers.
Never one to mince words, the group closes by promising that Sony will "experience the wrath of Anonymous".
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As reported earlier, TCU quarterback Casey Pachall is likely to return to the Horned Frogs offense soon, but it will not be this weekend.
According to Fort Worth Star-Telegram's TCU beat reporter Stefan Stevenson reports via Twitter Pachall will not dress for the game, making him completely unavailable when TCU travels to Oklahoma State. Pachall is still recovering from a broken arm, but his return could be looming.
If he does return next week when TCU hosts Texas, he could breathe new life in to the TCU offense. TCU is ranked 8th in the Big 12 in scoring and 9th in total offense.
Trevone Boykin will continue to lead the offense in the absence of Pachall. Boykin has completed 61.5 percent of his passes but has five touchdowns to four interceptions. Boykin also filled in for Pachal last season, completing 57.2 percent of his passes with 15 touchdowns to 10 interceptions. TCU has the defense to compete in the Big 12, but f the offense continues to be inconsistent there is little chance to do much in the conference. If Pachall returns to form, there will be still be time to settle down things on offense and find some stability.
TCU is 1-2 in Big 12 play. Battling back for a shot at a Big 12 title may be a stretch but the Horned Frogs are also hoping to avoid their first season without a bowl trip since 2004. At 3-3, TCU needs three more wins and has a tough second half of the season in front of them.


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NYC Cooking Classes to Take This Week and Beyond
We're teaming up with CourseHorse, a free service that aggregates classes to take in your spare time. This week: food-centric courses selected by the Serious Eats staff to bone up on your cooking chops and food knowledge.
Note: CourseHorse is offering a special deal for first-time course subscribers: receive $5 off your first class with the promo code SeriousEatsNY.
This Week
Celebrate summer by learning to make gelato and sorbet. $96. Mia Chef Gelateria, Tuesday/Friday, August 20th and 23rd, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Learn to make savory tarts.$60. Le Pain Quotidien Bleeker Street Bake, Thursday, August 22nd, 6 to 8 p.m.
Expand your knowledge of Chinese dumplings. $65. The Brooklyn Kitchen, Thursday, August 22nd, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Add some Cuban flare to your cooking with a surf and turf workshop. $125. The Institute of Culinary Education, Friday, August 23rd, 6 to 10:30 p.m.
Wander through the Union Square Farmers' Market and learn about various local vegetables, fruits, and how to cook them. $105. Camaje, Saturday, August 24th, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Learn the secrets behind frying up doughnuts and fritters. $65. The Brooklyn Kitchen, Saturday, August 24th, 2 to 4 p.m.
Find out about the science of cheese, taste various kinds of cheese and see how it's made. $35. The Homestead, Monday, August 26th, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Looking Forward
Learn the basics of making seasonal pies and galettes. $125. Le Pain Quotidien's Bleecker Street Bake, Thursday, August 29th, 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Explore the history of sriracha and learn how to make your own. $17. Brooklyn Brainery, Thursday, August 29th, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Master the art of the macaron. $125. Mille-Feuille Bakery, Saturday, August 31st, 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Learn how to make tea-infused cocktails. $60. Sanctuary T, Monday, September 2nd, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Explore the world of whisky, bourbon, and scotch. $90. The Institute of Culinary Education, Tuesday, September 3rd, 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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CRASH! BANG! That's the sound of another brick wall breaking down! Last evening, after clicking send on an email to two cousins who also descend from Thomas Dilliplane and his wife Mary, I went to my GoogleReader and saw the Genea-Musings post from Randy Seaver on a new database available on the FamilySearch.org website [link]. I was absolutely stunned to see that Pennsylvania Probate Records are now online since the email I had just sent was regarding getting a hold of the Berks County, PA estate file of Adam Swavely. We were suspecting that Mary was a daughter of Adam and were hoping that she would be named as such in the file.
Talk about pay dirt – this was the genealogy equivalent of hitting the lottery! Despite the Probate Records being browse-only, it was fairly easy to locate Adam Swavely's file – all 25 pages! And yes, we now know that Mary Swavely, daughter of Adam and Esther, was indeed the wife of Thomas Dilliplane. (See my previous post on this topic [here].) And as if that wasn't enough, since Mary died before her father, we also know the names of all of Mary's children. There were actually twelve — which was a few more than previously identified.
And the best part is that with these probate records now available online I am positive that additional brick walls and uncertain linkages will be confirmed and sorted out!
If you also have PA ancestors, you are going to love having these records online! Here's the [link].
Thank you FamilySearch for hosting these records and thank you Randy Seaver for posting about them the first day they went online!


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Exotic Sri Lanka. Ancient cities steeped in history, elephants, tea plantations, lush countryside, bustling bazaars and wildlife, Sri Lanka has all this and more. Enjoy a wonderful 9 day tour, taking in the highlights of this enchanting island.
Trip Highlights
Not Included
Welcome to Sri Lanka and the start of your holiday! You'll be met at Colombo Airport and transferred to hotel. Tonight enjoy a tasty welcome dinner at your hotel.
Overnight: Colombo | Dinner
Sightseeing in Colombo
Today, your guide will take you on a driving tour of colourful Colombo, Sri Lanka's frenetic capital. Just off the north end of Galle Road, the main north-south artery of the city is the area known as the Fort, once a colonial stronghold but now the site of many government buildings and interesting shops. Just south of the Fort is Galle Face Green, a seaside expanse where informal cricket games are played out amongst city folk enjoying a pleasant stroll. At the south end of the green is the Galle Face Hotel, a beautiful colonial-era hotel. Just east of the Fort is the Pettah, the traditional bazaar district – a colourful retail experience. Just beyond the centre is the affluent Cinnamon Gardens district of the city. You will drive through these districts on your tour of the city and visit Gangarama Temple and Independence Square.
Overnight: Colombo | Breakfast
Dambulla and Polonnaruwa
Colombo - Giritale (via Dambulla). Drive to Giritale today, stopping en route to visit the impressive Dambulla Rock Temple. Dambulla is a UNESCO World Heritage site and the most impressive of Sri Lanka's cave temples.
The complex of five caves with 2000 sq. metres of painted walls and ceiling, is the largest area of paintings found in the world. These caves contain over 150 images of the Buddha of which the largest is the colossal figure of the Buddha carved out of rock spanning 14 meters.
This afternoon, after checking into your hotel in Giritale, visit UNESCO Listed Polonnaruwa – an incredible 11th century city. Explore the ruins of the Royal Palace, temples and Gal Vihara which boasts three enormous and revered Buddha figures.
Overnight: Giritale | Breakfast
Sigiriya and Kandy
Giritale - Sigiriya - Kandy. This morning drive to Sigiriya and explore the UNESCO World Heritage Listed, 5th century Sigiriya rock fortress, built by King Kashyapa (477-495 AD). The 'Lion Rock' is a citadel of unusual beauty rising 200 meters from the scrub jungle. The rock was the innermost stronghold of the 70 hectare fortified town. A moat, rampart, and extensive gardens including the renowned water gardens ring the base of the rock. Discover the world-renowned frescoes of the 'Heavenly Maidens' of Sigiriya, which are in a sheltered pocket of the rock approached by a spiral stairway. After exploring the sights of Sigiriya, stop to visit a Spice Garden in Matale, en route to Kandy.
Overnight: Kandy | Breakfast
Kandy Sightseeing
Today a visit is made to the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens, Sri Lanka's largest botanical garden once reserved for the sole use of the Kandyan elite. Back in the scenic lakeside town of Kandy, embark upon a sightseeing tour, visiting the bazaar, the arts & crafts centre and a gem workshop. There will also be a visit to the Ceylon Tea Museum, dedicated to all things tea-related and housed in an attractive old building. Later in the afternoon we offer a guided tour of the Temple of the Tooth Relic and enjoy a cultural show featuring traditional Sri Lankan dancing in the evening.
Overnight: Kandy | Breakfast
Nuwara Eliya tea plantations
Kandy - Nuwara Eliya. En route to Nuwara Eliya – a scenic hillside town with a distinctly English flavour, visit a tea plantation and enjoy a tasty cup of pure Ceylon tea in the factory. In Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka's most popular hill resort, enjoy a sightseeing tour this evening, including a visit to Hakgala Gardens.
Overnight: Nuwara Eliya | Breakfast
Udawalawe National Park
Nuwara Eliya - Embilipitiya. This morning, check into your hotel in Embilipitiya before going wild on a jeep safari in Sri Lanka's most popular national park! Udawalawe National Park is home to large herds of elephants and deer species such as Spotted Deer, Sambhur, Barking deer and Langur, wild boar, water buffalo and jackal.
Overnight: Embilipitiya | Breakfast
Embilipitiya - Ratnapura - Colombo. En route back to Colombo today, stop off in Ratnapura - Sri Lanka's gem capital, where you can learn about these all about the islands precious stones, visit gem mines, a museum and a lapidary.
Overnight: Colombo | Breakfast
Tour ends after breakfast today. Included onward transfer to airport.
Extend your stay!
Consider spending some extra time exploring Sri Lanka's beautiful tropical coastline or simply relaxing and soaking up the sun. Extend your stay by a day, a week or even two!
Contact us for further details.
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If you ever wondered how hot does the Bitmain AntMiner S1 Bitcoin ASIC Miner get when operating and mining for BTC now you can get a better idea about the temperatures thanks to some thermal images that we've made of one of these BTC ASIC miners. The AntMiner S1 has the cooling radiators on the other side of the PCBs and not on the one where the SHA-256 mining chips are placed, so the operating temperature of the chips is not so low. Running at the default hashrate of about 180 GH/s you can see temperature of about 68 degrees Celsius and it is of the voltage regulators above the chips. As you can see the temperature on the left is lower than that on the right side of the board due to the fact that the cooling fan is on the left side.
Moving on to the exhaust side of the AntMiner S1 cooler where the hot air passing through the cooling radiator passes you can see that on the hotter output end the maximum temperature is about 61 degrees Celsius. A the same time the web interface reports operating temperatures of about 45 degrees Celsius for the two boards with chips that make the Bitmai AntMiner S1. As you can see it is a good idea to think more about the improvement of the cooling of the ASIC miner, especially if you do plane to overclock it to 190 GH/s or even 200 GH/s. The hardware is probably able to handle pretty well higher temperatures than these, but ensuring good cooling will make it perform great for longer period of time and you would want to have that when talking about a BTC ASIC miner.


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Brian McKay, MathWorks
Project-based learning is an effective way to engage students in learning engineering concepts related to control systems, robotics, audio processing, computer vision applications, and more.
This webinar will show how you can easily and quickly program a Raspberry Pi using Simulink. We will start by showing how you can download and set-up the free Simulink Support Package for Raspberry Pi Hardware. Then we will demonstrate how to use the new Raspberry Pi Simulink blocks to access a webcam and run a color detection algorithm natively on the Raspberry Pi.
Please allow approximately 60 minutes to attend the presentation and Q&A session.
About the Presenter: Brian McKay is a member of the Product Marketing team at MathWorks focused on Simulink connectivity with low-cost hardware. Brian holds a B.S and M. S. in General Engineering with specialization in controls systems, from the University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign. He has been at MathWorks for 8 years, working with various real-time simulation and testing solutions. Prior to joining MathWorks, Brian spent 12 years in the Automotive industry working on projects implementing electronic controls on diverse vehicles including off-road construction vehicles, open-wheel racecars and fuel cell prototypes.
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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?
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There's something comforting about eating at a restaurant that wins award after award – and still comes in at affordable prices. That's the way it was when my Chicago Splash Magazine editor and I explored lunch at Real Urban Barbecue in Highland Park. My palate was eagerly awaiting a delicious barbecue treat, and that's where I can officially give it my own heartfelt reward – 5 Cutler Stars out of 5!
Owner, Jeff Shapiro, well known for running some of Chicago's finest restaurants, had one more quest to fulfill – launching a great barbecue restaurant. I think he did it!
Shapiro traveled the BBQ trail – in the Midwest, the Carolinas, Kansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. Known as Dr. Deckle and Mr. Hide, he won recognition and a few trophies. His first restaurant in Highland Park within Port Clinton Square has become very popular locally and it's reputation reaches into the greater Chicagoland area where the restaurant is known for catering as well. Shapiro ihas expanded to the Vernon Hills Town Center also. Other plans to expand the Real Urban Barbecue are also in the works.
As we entered the restaurant, we noted that it is charming inside, decorated in part with pigs that patrons bring in as well as mementos from contests that Shapiro has won. There are also cute wall decorations and memorabelia.
I sampled a bunch of lunchtime goodies. The deckle was soft, with just enough barbecue tang to set it apart from my mother's version (of brisket), which we always had for special holidays. The barbecue ribs were just the way I like them, with the barbecue not drowning in soppy barbecue sauce. You could really taste the ribs, knowing they were a top-notch choice. I liked the coleslaw and the potato pancake, which was a surprise bonus for me on the menu.
There's something for everyone here. My lunch companion, Barbara, is limited in the food she eats being both vegetarian and gluten-free. When she told the manager, he said it would not be a problem. The menu includes some fantastic salads and wonderful potatoes, especially the sweet potato fries.
Outside the restaurant there is a giant barbecue pit where they begin to prepare food early in the morning. These include smoked and sliced brisket, pulled pork, sliced turkey, pulled chicken, Texas sausage and smoked salmon. My mouth is already watering for more, as I write this review.
The restaurant does a major business in catering, especially for special events, holidays, anniversaries and large family meals. They also have kid-friendly portions at the restaurant and for catering orders. Thanksgiving, which is right around the corner, they have whole fresh Amish Hickory Smoked Turkeys along with the rest of the menu.
We had the chance to talk with Jared, a "chief cook ad bottle washer" kind of person who took time to explain the intricacies of the restaurant. We both took doggie bags home to our husbands, the portions being very generous and intend to return for more. Incidently, you might consider placing an order for Thanksgiving catering now. It is never too early!
Real Urban Barbecue
Port Clinton Square
610 Central Avenue #177
Highland Park, IL 60035
Fax: 847-579-6970
Winter Hours (as of 10/1)
Monday - Thursday:
11 am - 8:30 pm
Friday & Saturday:
11 am - 8:30 pm
11 am - 8:30 pm
Vernon Hills Town Center
1260 S. Milwaukee Avenue
Vernon Hills, IL 60061
Fax: 847-613-1228
Winter Hours (as of 10/1)
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Trick-or-treating—going from house to house in search of candy and other goodies—has been a popular Halloween tradition in the United States and other countries for an estimated 100 years. But the origins of this community-based ritual, which costumed children typically savor while their cavity-conscious parents grudgingly tag along, remain hazy. Possible forerunners to modern-day trick-or-treating have been identified in ancient Celtic festivals, early Roman Catholic holidays, medieval practices and even British politics.
Ancient Origins of Trick-or-Treating
Halloween has its roots in the ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival of Samhain, which was celebrated on the night of October 31. The Celts, who lived 2,000 years ago in the area that is now Ireland, the United Kingdom and northern France, believed that the dead returned to earth on Samhain. People would gather to light bonfires, offer sacrifices and pay homage to the deceased.
During some Celtic celebrations of Samhain, villagers disguised themselves in costumes made of animal skins to drive away phantom visitors; banquet tables were prepared and edible offerings were left out to placate unwelcome spirits. In later centuries, people began dressing as ghosts, demons and other malevolent creatures, performing antics in exchange for food and drink. This custom, known as mumming, dates back to the Middle Ages and is thought to be an antecedent of trick-or-treating.
Early Christian and Medieval Roots of Trick-or-Treating
By the ninth century, Christianity had spread into Celtic lands, where it gradually blended with and supplanted older pagan rites. In 1000 A.D. the church designated November 2 as All Souls' Day, a time for honoring the dead. Celebrations in England resembled Celtic commemorations of Samhain, complete with bonfires and masquerades. Poor people would visit the houses of wealthier families and receive pastries called soul cakes in exchange for a promise to pray for the souls of the homeowners' dead relatives. Known as souling, the practice was later taken up by children, who would go from door to door asking for gifts such as food, money and ale.
In Scotland and Ireland, young people took part in a tradition called guising, dressing up in costume and accepting offerings from various households. Rather than pledging to pray for the dead, they would sing a song, recite a poem, tell a joke or perform another sort of "trick" before collecting their treat, which typically consisted of fruit, nuts or coins.
Guy Fawkes Night Celebrations
Still another potential trick-or-treating predecessor is the British custom for children to wear masks and carry effigies while begging for pennies on Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night), which commemorates the foiling of the so-called Gunpowder Plot in 1605. On November 5, 1606, Fawkes was executed for his role in the Catholic-led conspiracy to blow up England's parliament building and remove King James I, a Protestant, from power. On the original Guy Fawkes Day, celebrated immediately after the famous plotter's execution, communal bonfires, or "bone fires," were lit to burn effigies and the symbolic "bones" of the Catholic pope. By the early 19th century, children bearing effigies of Fawkes were roaming the streets on the evening of November 5, asking for "a penny for the Guy."
Trick-or-Treating in the United States
Some American colonists celebrated Guy Fawkes Day, and in the mid-19th century large numbers of new immigrants, especially those fleeing Ireland's potato famine in the 1840s, helped popularize Halloween. In the early 20th century, Irish and Scottish communities revived the Old World traditions of souling and guising in the United States. By the 1920s, however, pranks had become the Halloween activity of choice for rowdy young people, sometimes amounting to more than $100,000 in damages each year in major metropolitan areas.
The Great Depression exacerbated the problem, with Halloween mischief often devolving into vandalism, physical assaults and sporadic acts of violence. One theory holds that it was the excessive pranks on Halloween that led to the widespread adoption of an organized, community-based trick-or-treating tradition in the 1930s. This trend was abruptly curtailed, however, with the outbreak of World War II, when children had to refrain from trick-or-treating because of sugar rationing.
At the height of the postwar baby boom, trick-or-treating reclaimed its place among other Halloween customs, quickly becoming standard practice for millions of children in America's cities and newly built suburbs. No longer constrained by sugar rationing, candy companies capitalized on the lucrative ritual, launching national advertising campaigns specifically aimed at Halloween. Today, Americans spend an estimated $6 billion annually on Halloween, making it the nation's second-largest commercial holiday.


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Cheers to Gordon's bat, glove in home victory
KANSAS CITY -- Up with the bases loaded and one out in the first inning on Friday, Alex Gordon came through with a three-run double to ignite the Royals' 7-5 victory over the White Sox and bring the sellout crowd to its feet.
Gordon had been in that situation in a home opener before. That came in Gordon's first game as a Royal in 2007 and it didn't turn out so well. Mark Grudzielanek, Mark Teahen and Mike Sweeney were on base with singles when Gordon came up for his very first at-bat in the Major Leagues.
That time, though, Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling struck him out.
"I got the same reaction," Gordon recalled with a smile. "I struck out and they gave me a standing ovation. It's the same reaction, just different results."
At that time, Gordon was a natural crowd favorite as a ballyhooed rookie forecast to have a big career with the Royals. That's come to pass, but after a rockier road than expected.
Gordon not only demonstrated his batting prowess on Friday, but he also picked up his second assist from left field in the second inning. Alexei Ramirez tried to score on Tyler Flowers' single but was thrown out, Gordon to shortstop Alcides Escobar to catcher Salvador Perez.
"That wasn't me, that was all Esky right there," Gordon said. "That's what's so great about having Escobar. You just make a good throw and he's going to do the rest. He's been doing it for the last three years and you saw it again."
By the way, that 2007 opener turned out well for the Royals despite Gordon's strikeout. They beat Schilling and the Red Sox, 7-1.


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Here's an interesting Adobe Illustrator tutorial that works in most versions of Illustrator after the addition of the Mesh -- and it gives you the perfect opportunity to learn and work with the Gradient Mesh, one of the more illusive tools in Adobe Illustrator's tool box.
Special thanks to Bojan Zivkovic, for sending in this Adobe Illustrator tutorial "Distorting Images." Bojan writes :
Adobe Illustrator offers great distortion options for pixel based images, don't you know? Yes, if you are familiar with Photoshop that's Liquify filter . Instead of brush in Photoshop Liquify filter you can work with mesh or anchor points in Illustrator to distort pixels. Excellent but how to do that? Using Envelope Distort from Object menu.
First step: embed image
You can not use Envelope Distort with linked image, ensure you have embedded image in document. Uncheck Link option while placing image * Click the image with Selection tool and if Embed button is active click on it to once.
Embed image in Illustrator
Step two: use Envelope Distort command -- Now that you have embedded image go to Object > Envelope Distort > Make with Mesh (Alt + Ctrl + M). You can use and other options from Envelope Distort sub-menu but mesh is your best choice. Envelope Mesh dialog will appear, turn on Preview if you want and type number of Rows and Columns or just leave default settings and click OK button.
Envelope Mesh dialog in Illustrator
Step three: use Mesh tool to add grid lines -- Now that you have mesh grid in image, that's probably not what you exactly want. Ensure image is selected, select Mesh tool from toolbox (U) and click in image to add grid line in portion of image where you want to make changes or distortion.
Add vertical mesh grid line
Step four: distort image using Direct selection tool - Now that you have grid line where you want select Direct Selection tool from toolbox (A) click on anchor point and drag or use handles. Before you start distorting pixels in image you should know following guide lines: distortion will occur inside square or rectangle which is formed around anchor point you are dragging. Let me show you in example: take a look at screen shot below: if I drag now selected anchor point to the right then everything inside rectangle till next vertical and between two horizontal grid lines (which forms rectangle) will be distorted.
Anchor point and area to be affected
Distortion after dragging anchor point to the right
In this example I want to distort lamp but not the tree. To prevent the tree to be distorted I will add vertical grid line just before the tree.
Adding vertical grid line (click on horizontal line where you want to add vertical one)
Now I can distort lamp inside newly formed rectangle around selected anchor point without to distort the tree. Process is following: with Direct Selection tool I will click on anchor point and drag it to the right with attention to not pass first vertical grid line on the right side. Use anchor handles for smooth distortion. And here is result:
Image with distorted pixels
Removing grid lines -- Excellent you say, but what if you need to distort and there is vertical or horizontal grid line which is too close to anchor point and you want to remove it to make more room for distortion.
To remove grid lines click on any anchor point with Direct selection tool where two lines intersect then hit Backspace to delete them and rebuild grid using Mesh tool - click where you want to add vertical or horizontal grid line.
To add vertical grid line click somewhere on horizontal line and vice versa, to add both lines click in empty space without any line. Once you get to the point you will start loving this feature and use it to distort images, text and shapes inside Illustrator.
Bojan Zivkovic,
Freelancer, Graphic Designer, Blogger, Certified Expert on Photoshop. Currently live in Niš, Serbia. Speaking English and Greek. Manager of several blogs and groups in English and Serbian. - See more at: AdobePhotoshopSecrets.blogspot.com/
Reference & Bibliography:
Illustrator / Reshape using envelopes
Real World Adobe Illustrator CS5
The Adobe Illustrator CS5 Wow! Book
The Adobe Illustrator CS6 WOW! Book
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