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Release #9 10/18/10
Oct. 21 * LOUISIANA TECH * 7 p.m. Oct. 23 * NEW MEXICO STATE * 8:30 p.m.
Utah State's volleyball team (14-5, 2-4) returns home for a pair of Western Athletic Conference matches this week as it hosts Louisiana Tech (10-12, 0-7) on Thursday, Oct. 21 at 7 p.m. and New Mexico State (13-9, 7-1) on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 8:30 p.m.
All of Utah State's home matches are available to watch live via the internet at www.UtahStateAggies.com. Fans can also follow all of the action on the internet via GameTracker, a service that provides play-by-play updates of the match along with updated stats.
Utah State is 14-5 on the season and 2-4 in the Western Athletic Conference after losing at Nevada (3-1) last weekend. USU is led by junior outside hitter Liz McArthur who is hitting .251 and averaging 4.36 kills, 1.89 digs, 0.45 blocks and 0.41 service aces per set. Sophomore opposite side hitter Shay Sorensen is hitting .254 and averaging 2.21 kills and 0.75 blocks per set, while senior setter Chelsea Fowles is hitting .333 and averaging 9.99 assists, 2.12 digs, 0.95 kills, 0.69 blocks and 0.33 service aces per set. As a team, Utah State is hitting .234 on the year as compared to a .176 hitting percentage for its opponents.
Utah State is just 3-5 in its last eight matches after starting the season with 11 straight wins. During its last eight matches, USU is hitting .215 and its opponents are hitting .194. USU is also averaging 12.38 kills, 1.44 service aces, 13.94 digs and 2.81 blocks per set, while its opponents are averaging 13.53 kills, 1.25 service aces, 15.06 digs and 2.36 blocks per set. During its first 11 matches of the year, Utah State hit .249 and its opponents hit .163. Also during its first 11 matches, USU averaged 13.07 kills, 1.49 service aces, 13.30 digs and 2.67 blocks per set, while its opponents averaged 12.05 kills, 1.05 service aces, 12.35 digs and 1.92 blocks per set.
With its 14-5 record, Utah State is off to the fourth-best start to a season in school history. USU's 1978 AIAW National Championship team holds the school record for best start to a season with 26 straight wins, while the 1977 team won its first 18 matches and the 1979 AIAW National runner-up team won 20 of its first 21 matches.
Senior setter Chelsea Fowles became Utah State's all-time assists leader on Oct. 6 in a four-set win at Idaho as she dished out 47 assists to move ahead of Carrie Steverson (1988-91) who held the record with 3,942 career assists. Overall, Fowles now has 4,030 career assists which ranks 10th all-time in the history of the WAC. Fowles also ranks fifth all-time at Utah State with 107 career service aces.
Senior libero Christine Morrill became Utah State's all-time digs leader on Oct. 15 in a four-set loss at Nevada as she had 13 digs to move ahead of Kelsi Peterson (2003-06) who held the record with 1,614 career digs. Overall, Morrill now has 1,617 career digs which ranks as the second-most among active players in the WAC and fourth all-time in the history of the conference.
Senior middle blocker Katie Astle ranks sixth all-time at Utah State in block assists with 275 and seventh all-time in total blocks with 285.
Junior outside hitter Liz McArthur ranks ninth all-time at Utah State in total attacks with 2,406 and 10th all-time in kills with 848.
As of Monday, Oct. 18, Utah State ranks second in the WAC in service aces per set (1.47), third in blocks per set (2.73), fourth in hitting percentage (.234), fourth in kills per set (12.77), fourth in assists per set (11.83) and fifth in digs per set (13.57). Individually, junior outside hitter Liz McArthur ranks first in service aces per set (0.41), third in points per set (5.01) and third in kills per set (4.36). Senior setter Chelsea Fowles ranks second in service aces per set (0.33) and fourth in assists per set (9.99). Senior middle blocker Shantell Durrant ranks second in blocks per set (1.36). Senior libero Christine Morrill ranks second in digs per set (4.59). Senior middle blocker Katie Astle ranks seventh in blocks per set (1.09) and seventh in hitting percentage (.295), and sophomore outside hitter Josselyn White ranks eighth in service aces per set (0.28).
As of Monday, Oct. 18, Utah State ranks 16th in the country in blocking (2.73) and 54th in winning percentage (.737). Individually, junior outside hitter Liz McArthur ranks 17th in the nation in points per set (5.01) and 19th in kills per set (4.36), while senior middle blocker Shantell Durrant ranks 15th in blocking (1.36).
Utah State is 85-38 (.691) at home in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum during the last 10 years, which includes a 63-31 (.670) record against conference opponents.
Utah State is 45-41 (.523) in WAC play which includes a 29-13 (.690) home record and a 16-28 (.364) record on the road.
Senior libero Christine Morrill recorded 13 digs in Utah State's four-set loss at Nevada (26-24, 22-25, 25-19, 25-16) to become the school's all-time leader in that category. Morrill now has 1,617 digs in her career to move ahead of Kelsi Peterson (2003-06) who held the record with 1,614 career digs. Junior outside hitter Liz McArthur added 17 kills for Utah State and sophomore outside hitter Josselyn White had seven kills and eight digs. Utah State finished the match with a .197 (46-18-142) hitting percentage and Nevada hit .287 (70-24-160). UN also had 13 more digs (64-51) and two more service aces in the match (5-3), while USU had one fewer service error (5-4).
Louisiana Tech is 10-12 on the season and 0-7 in the Western Athletic Conference following a pair of home losses to Idaho (3-0) and Boise State (3-0) last weekend. The Lady Techsters, who are 2-5 on the road this year, are led senior outside hitter Kara Jones who is hitting .282 and averaging 2.70 kills and 0.70 blocks per set. As a team, Louisiana Tech is hitting .168 on the season and its opponents are hitting .166. The Lady Techsters return six starters and 10 letterwinners from last year's team that went 15-18 overall and finished in eighth-place in the WAC with a 4-12 league mark.
Utah State is 9-1 all-time against Louisiana Tech, which includes a 5-0 record at home. The two teams split its season series last year as the Lady Techsters won in Ruston in five sets and the Aggies won in Logan in three sets.
New Mexico State is 13-9 on the season and 7-1 in the Western Athletic Conference following home wins last weekend against Boise State (3-2), Idaho (3-2) and Nevada (3-0). The Aggies, who are 4-4 on the road this year, are led by senior outside hitter Kayleigh Giddens who is hitting .264 and averaging 4.71 kills and 2.53 digs per set. As a team, New Mexico State is hitting .242 on the season and its opponents are hitting .189. The Aggies return four starters and six letterwinners from last year's team that went 20-9 overall and finished in second-place in the WAC with a 13-3 league mark.
Utah State is 23-37 all-time against New Mexico State, which includes a 10-16 home record. NMSU has won each of the last eight matches played in the series including a pair of three-set wins last year. The last time USU defeated the NewMags was on Nov. 25, 2005 in five games in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament.
New Mexico State head coach Mike Jordan spent two seasons (1996-97) as an assistant coach at Utah State.
Fifth-year head coach Grayson DuBose is already one of the winningest coaches in school history with his 70-68 (.507) record as those 70 wins rank third all-time in USU history behind Marily McReavy and Mary Jo Peppler who went 209-65-6 (.757) from 1976-81, and Burt Fuller who went 84-70 (.545) from 2001-2005.
Junior outside hitter Liz McArthur has already earned WAC Player of the Week honors twice this season, winning the award on Aug. 30 and Sept. 6 as she was named the Most Valuable Player of both the Utah Classic and the Arizona State Sheraton Classic.
Utah State had several players named to various all-tournament teams during the 2010 non-conference schedule as it won the Utah Classic, Arizona State Sheraton Classic and the Montana Invitational. It is the first time in school history that a USU team has won three preseason tournaments in one year. Below is a listing of which USU players were named all-tournament this season.
Utah Classic
Liz McArthur (MVP)
Christine Morrill
Josselyn White
Arizona State Sheraton Classic
Liz McArthur (MVP)
Christine Morrill
Montana Invitational
Shay Sorensen (MVP)
Chelsea Fowles
Christine Morrill
Utah State Invitational
Liz McArthur
Christine Morrill
Utah State returns five players who have earned all-WAC honors as seniors Katie Astle (MB), Chelsea Fowles (S) and Christine Morrill (LIB) all earned second-team all-WAC honors in 2008, while junior Emily Kortsen (OPP) was named to the league's all-freshman team that year. Junior Liz McArthur (OH) was the only Aggie to be honored in 2009 as she earned second-team all-WAC honors.
All-session tickets are on sale now through each WAC member institution's ticket office and the Orleans Arena Box Office. Fans are strongly encouraged to purchase tickets from their member institutions to avoid service fees associated with ticket sales through the Orleans Arena site. Single-session tickets will not be available for purchase until Nov. 22 and can only be purchased through the Orleans Arena. A single-session ticket allows access to one day's worth of matches.
Utah State's women's volleyball team received votes in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 for four-straight weeks from Sept. 6 through Sept. 27. USU entered the polls on Sept. 6 with nine votes to rank 32nd, followed by 23 votes on Sept. 13 to rank 28th. USU then got 14 votes on Sept. 20 to rank 29th and seven votes on Sept. 27 to rank 35th. Prior to this year, the last time a Utah State volleyball team received votes in the Top 25 poll was at the beginning of the 2002 season when it was ranked 36th in the preseason. USU's 2000 team was ranked as high as 18th in the country and finished the year ranked 22nd, while the 2001 team finished the year ranked 21st as both teams advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Utah State will play three matches next week beginning with a home contest against No.4 Hawai'i on Monday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m. The match against the Rainbow Wahine will be televised live nationally on ESPNU. USU will then travel to California and play at San Jose State and at Fresno State on Thursday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 30, respectively.
#2 Chelsea Fowles - Recorded a career-high eight blocks at BYU and had a career-high 15 digs against San Diego State... Had a season-high 60 assists against Utah Valley... Tied her career-high with a .833 (5-0-6) hitting percentage against Fresno State (9/30)... Has posted at least five kills in eight matches this season... Has recorded double-digits in digs five times... Has notched at least two service aces in eight matches this year and at least three aces in three matches... Has four or more blocks in four matches this season... Hitting .395 during her last five matches, while averaging 10.25 assists, 1.85 digs, 0.95 kills, 0.75 blocks and 0.20 service aces per set.
#3 Tumua Etimani - Made her first career start against UC Riverside and had four kills, five digs and three blocks in the match.
#4 Laurel Bodily - Had a season-high 14 digs against Loyola Marymount and tied her career-high with three service aces at BYU... Has posted at least five digs in every match but one this year... Has seven double-digit dig performances this season and 14 in her career... Has notched at least two service aces in four different matches this year... Averaging 2.10 digs during her last five matches.
#7 Katie Astle - Had a season-high 10 kills against Montana... Has notched at least six kills in 10 matches this year and has hit over .300 10 times... Has recorded at least four blocks 11 times this year... Hitting .228 during her last five matches, while averaging 1.10 kills and 1.25 blocks per set.
#8 Kassi Hargrove - Had career-highs with five digs against Loyola Marymount and two service aces against Utah Valley.
#10 Shay Sorensen - Had career-highs with 16 kills at BYU and five blocks against Temple... Has six double-digit kill performances thus far this year and has notched at least four blocks five times on the season... Has hit at least .200 13 times this year... Hitting .294 during her last five matches, while averaging 2.79 kills, 0.84 blocks and 0.32 digs per set.
#12 Emily Kortsen - Had season-highs with nine kills and four digs against Utah.
#14 Christine Morrill - Had a career-high 32 digs against Utah Valley... Has recorded double-digits in digs in 17 matches this year and has eight 20 dig matches on the season... Has posted at least two service aces in four matches this year... Averaging 4.10 digs during her last five matches... For her career, she has 85 career double-figure dig matches and has 25 career 20-plus dig matches.
#18 Liz McArthur - Tied her career-high with 25 kills against Utah and had a career-high 15 digs against the Utes... Posted 20 kills and 11 digs against Boise State for her 12th career double-double... Had a career-high five service aces against Weber State... Has recorded double-digit kills 18 times this year and double-digit digs seven times... Also has seven 20-kill matches on the season... Has seven double-doubles on the season including four in her last eight matches... Has posted at least two service aces in eight matches this year... Hitting .222 during her last five matches, while averaging 4.30 kills, 1.60 digs, 0.65 service aces and 0.35 blocks per set... For her career, she has 12 career double-doubles, 42 career double-figure kill matches, 12 career double-figure dig matches and has posted at least 20 kills in 15 matches.
#21 Shantell Durrant - Had a season-high 11 kills at Boise State and a career-high 10 blocks at BYU... Has recorded at least four blocks in 13 different matches this year and has posted at least five kills in 14 of USU's 19 matches... Hitting .358 during her last five matches, while averaging 1.50 kills and 1.40 blocks per set.
#23 Josselyn White - Had a career-high 15 kills against Utah Valley and tied her career-high with 12 digs against the Wolverines... Has two double-doubles this year as she has notched double-digits in kills eight times and double-digits in digs four times... Has posted at least two service aces in six matches this year and at least four blocks in nine matches... Hitting .152 during her last five matches, while averaging 1.90 kills, 1.90 digs, 0.65 blocks and 0.35 service aces per set.
HEAD COACH Grayson DuBose
Grayson DuBose is entering his fifth season as Utah State's head volleyball coach after being hired on March 27, 2006. In his four years at USU, DuBose (pronounced Do-Boz) has brought stability to one of the top programs in the WAC as he has coached one All-American, 11 all-WAC selections and 32 academic all-WAC honorees, not to mention the 2007 WAC Freshman of the Year. Utah State had its share of success in 2009 under DuBose as it finished the year with a 15-14 overall record, while sophomore outside hitter Liz McArthur was named to the WAC's second-team. USU also had nine players earning academic all-conference honors, while junior middle blocker Shantell Durrant was one of just three players in the WAC to earn academic all-district honors. In 2008, DuBose led Utah State to a fourth-place conference finish with a 9-7 league record and coached five players who earned all-league honors as senior Melissa Osterloh was named first-team all-WAC, sophomores Katie Astle, Chelsea Fowles and Christine Morrill were named second-team all-WAC, and Emily Kortsen was named to the WAC's all-freshman team. USU also had eight players earn academic all-WAC honors following the 2008 season. After being picked to finish seventh in the WAC prior to the 2007 season, DuBose led Utah State to a 17-13 record and a third-place conference finish with an 11-5 mark. Among those 11 league victories was one of the biggest wins in school history as he led the Aggies to a three-game sweep at No. 10 Hawai'i, snapping an 108-match home conference winning streak for the Rainbow Wahine. Following the 2007 season, DuBose had four players recognized by the WAC as senior Amanda Nielson was named to the league's first-team and an honorable mention All-American, while Osterloh and sophomore Danielle Taylor both earned second-team all-WAC honors. Also joining the list of honorees was Fowles who was named the freshman of the year in the WAC, while DuBose became the first volleyball coach in school history to garner conference coach of the year honors. Utah State also had plenty of success in the classroom during the 2007-08 academic year as nine players earned academic all-WAC honors, which were the most by any volleyball team in the conference. In his inaugural season at Utah State, DuBose inherited a team that lost four starters and seven quality letterwinners from an NCAA Tournament team that went 21-13 overall and finished in a tie for second-place in the WAC with an 11-5 league record in 2005. Despite all the turnover, DuBose led Utah State to an early 10-8 record, including a 3-1 mark in WAC play before numerous injuries and inexperience took its toll in the final six weeks. In 2006, DuBose coached two all-league players as Nielson earned second-team all-WAC honors, while Melissa Larson was named to the conference's all-freshman team. Utah State also had six players earn academic all-conference honors following the season. Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Utah State, DuBose spent four seasons (2003-06) as an assistant on Brigham Young University's men's volleyball team. DuBose began his collegiate coaching career at Utah State from 1999-2000 as an assistant to Tom Peterson. During that time, the Aggies won the Eastern Division of the Big West Conference in 1999 and advanced to the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2000, defeating Missouri in the first round. USU finished the 2000 season ranked 22nd in the country, the program's first-ever top 25 ranking. In his four seasons at Brigham Young, DuBose helped lead the Cougar's men's program to a 90-30 (.750) record, including a National Championship in 2004 and a second-place finish at the 2003 NCAA Tournament. During his time at BYU, he coached nine All-Americans, including the 2004 NCAA Player of the Year.
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Roadrunners of Nevada County
Trips not listed are full.
April 23: Tulips at Ananda. You have never seen tulips like this! More than 10,000 tulips in every color and shape imaginable in a stunning natural setting. It is a sight you will never forget and will want to go back to year after year. Lunch included.
May 14-15: Glorious gardens. We haven't been to Filoli in quite a few years, so it's time to go back and see it again when flowers are in full bloom in Spring. This beautiful estate was once the home of the Bourne family who owned the Empire Mine here in GV. We have reservations to tour both the mansion and the stunning gardens. Lunch on the first day is included before we tour Filoli. Staying the night at Creekside Inn in Palo Alto. Next day we'll visit the gardens at Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park and the gardens at Elizabeth Gamble estate in Palo Alto.
May 21: Woodland Opera House and Sacramento underground. First we'll tour the Woodland Opera House and learn all about this fully restored playhouse which is both a Calfironia historical landmark and on the National Register of Historic Places. After a no host lunch in Woodland we go to Old Town Sacramento and tour the historical Underground which was the level of the town before flooding forced the city to be built higher.
June 6: "Les Miserables" at Sacramento Community Theater. No-host dinner in Old Sacramento after performance.
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For information and/or reservations call Hallie at 530-272-5467 or 916-214-8746 or Ronnie at 530-272-1830 or 530-205-6157. Make all checks payable to The Road Runners, c/o Carrie Larson, 282 Cornwall Ave., Grass Valley, CA 95945.
Happy Trails Travelers
Trips to Reno Silver Legacy March 8, April 12, May 8, June 14, July 12 and August 9.
These trips are the second Friday of each month except for May 8, which is on a Wednesday. We're a fun group. You are served coffee and fresh pastries. We play bingo on the way. If you want to join us, call Laura for information and reservations at 530-273-9641.
Golden Empire Sams RV Club
Meetings are held on the second week of each month. Luncheons are in order for December, January, and February. The rest of the year we host campouts beginning on Monday and concluding on Thursday at a different location each month.
Our next campout is scheduled for March 11 through 14 at the Gridley RV Park. If interested in attending, please contact our hosts, Fred and Ann Fluke, at 530-906-9683. A Potluck dinner and bingo event is scheduled for Monday evening and a waffle and sausage breakfast for Tuesday morning with scheduled events during the day.
For more information about our club, please contact Roger Lilly, Member Chairman, at 530-477-1799 or our president, Ron Brown, at 530-432-6678.
Nevada County Travel Club
We offer monthly one-day tours from Grass Valley to Northern California sites. These tours are open to the public and members. Call Carol at 530-271-0719 to reserve your seat.
Thursday, March 21: Visit the William Land Park Zoo and Old Town Sacramento. Round-trip coach transportation, guided tour of the zoo, lunch baskets and Old Town are highlights. Time to visit the Railroad Museum, Shop and Discover in Old Town.
April 18: Come enjoy Folsom at Gekkeikan Sake, Kikkoman Soy Sauce and Cielo Tasting Rooms. Round-trip coach transportation, tasting rooms and lunch at Mimi's are included.
May 9: Join us for a guided tour of California's Capitol Building, Lunch at Joe's Crab Shack and a guided tour of the Crocker Art Museum.
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May 30 through June 8: Cruise the Princess Grand under the Golden Gate round-trip to Alaska.
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Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by BabyBlues, Dec 6, 2011.
Never heard of this?
chocolate covered honeycomb. Awesome.
Grrr... Just had my data cut out while trying to upload a radar image to twitter
Took about 15 minutes before I was able to get the image uploaded instead of 15 seconds. Now, granted this was not an radar image for say Texas right now, but still.
I am starting to grow concerned about using this thing for chasing
Chasing or tracking a dangerous thunderstorm, no radar = blind
I live just outside of the city this guy is from.
Tornadoes send semi-trucks flying - Video on msnbc.com
From about 2 hours ago.
Snap! His auto-tuned interview is pretty epic. Seems to be pretty forgotten after 2011 ended though.
Oh my goodness.
I have to find one! Never heard of such.
Yes, it was epic. So was the "Backin up Song" autotune. That was hilarious!
That one is pretty good. For anyone who's lived under a rock the passed year:
BED INTRUDER SONG!!! (now on iTunes) - YouTube
One more songify vid. Just for the cat lovers out there
Songify This - CAN'T HUG EVERY CAT -- a song about loving cats - YouTube
lmao! :thumbsup:
Prayers for everyone in North Texas, including my own friends and family, all thankfully safe!
I really like vanilla ICS, but TSF Shell looks like so much fun.
I enjoy TED Talks.
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I just had a delicious dinner and dessert. Spinach and tortelloni en brodo. Mixed green salad, paper thin apple slices, pine nuts, walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette.
Then frozen yogurt with carob chips for dessert.
BB sounds great. We went out for a newish ramen place in the neighborhood. Their mushroom broth was awful. My wife's regular broth with duck wasn't bad, she enjoyed it. I ate about 1/4 and left to pick up a banh mi (with tofu) next door for a fraction of the price which was far more satisfying. Always up for trying new places, sucks when we're disappointed, but it's certainly better than just going to the same "fine" restaurant all the time.
WoW super yummy!
So true. I like trying new and am willing to live with the fact that not everywhere will be delicious. The place we went tonight was new for us.
Sorry your original dinner wasn't all that yummy.
I'm sitting here thinking. What do I really watch on tv? Any primetime shows I can watch on the internet, usually the day after. Do I really need to watch Cupcake Wars and Hardcore Pawn? Although I do love to watch History Channel, Discovery and Science Channel. Sports? There are places on the net to watch or I could just go to a bar and watch. I don't know...
I hate spending around $70-$80/month for all the stuff I have no desire to watch. A la carte would be so nice
This is absolutely adorable! Is it your own creation?
Not necessarily. I saw a picture and kind of recreated on my own. It is double stuffed oreos for the base and back. Mini peanut butter cup for the body. Malted milk dud for the head. Candy corn for the feathers and chopped the ends off for the feet and beak. Held together with brown frosting. Extra color with frosting gel. I hope that makes sense.
Those are awesome and the explanation makes perfect sense


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Chapter 1 (v.1) - Those Vast Grey Skies
Those Vast Grey Skies
Chapter One
I come from a tiny wee place called Elphin. Elphin is a small town in County Roscommon in Northern Ireland. It is the quietest place I have ever been, the only sounds come from the singing birds and the train that passes through 12 times a day. Sometimes the wind will rustle the leaves and cause a commotion among the trees, and cause the stray petals of the Easter Lilies to waltz and ballet along the streets, dancing to the silent music that inhabits this part of Europe. The people don't talk here, either. They walk along the streets in silence, their feet barely making a tap on the walk which they trod. Their thoughts are whispers, and their greetings are hushed by the gentle harmony of Roscommon; the quietest place on Earth.
I don't so much mind the silence, I think to myself, as I watch the empty railway tracks before me. I lean against the large trunk of a tall oak tree, my cheeks are red from the chilly air, and my nose is soft and numb. My hair billowing lightly in the gentle breeze is a messy, tangled heap of dark chocolate curls, my eyes icy blue just as silent snow beginning to fall around me. The gloves on my hands help only a wee bit to add heat to my frozen fingers, and my dark blue scarf, tied securely around my neck, helps just as much as my mittens to keep me warm. The dark brown trench coat I wear is soft and warm on my skin, and my Navy blue dress is layered 3 times to conquer the nippy air of fall.
I thrust my hands in my pockets as a gust of wind sweeps over the dark green landscape, and listen to the Oak shudder above me. This tree I sit upon is tall and beautiful. Nor I have seen, or will ever see a tree taller than this very one. The trunk is very wide in diameter, and is tall in length. The leaves were just beginning to fall off the many branches, still bright and dark green. I stared up at it. For years I have come to this very spot, for years I have leant against this very tree and listened to this very song that billows around me. And for years I have dreamt of climbing this tree, branch by solid branch, to the very peak, and I thought, maybe, if I could do that, I might be just able to see all of Elphin, County Roscommon, and perhaps Ireland. I sighed as I thought this. Tis' was only a dream. The first branch didn't emerge until at least 12 feet up, and the trunk was much too wide to climb alone. I could only imagine the sight I would see as I look up at it from the gusty ground.
I hear a train whistle in the distance. The Poppy Train Station is a mile or so down the way, and this train has just left the station. This Poppy Railway opens at seven, as this is when the first train leaves station. The school house begins session soon after the first whistle of the train blows, which is why I take up my book quickly and begin to stride past through the thin layer of snow on the plains, and through the thick layer of sticks and stones covering the small forest floor, headed towards my school house in the East. Trodding, I made an unhealthy amount of noise for the deaf Roscommon, and began to hear the school bell chime in the distance. One chime with a minute indention meant schools in, two chimes meant school was in session, and three chimes signified that you were late.
I arrived just before the 4th chime of the first bell. I wiped the wettened snow off my boots before I entered the small building. The school house is very small; it is merely a small cottage with one window and one door. It is all one big room in which I walk, 14 desks in orderly rows of four in the first three, and two desks in the last row. Of these fourteen desks, only 13 are filled. The first three rows will soon be crowded with students, I think as I make my way to the very last row. The 4th row is the row in which I am seated. I am the last in the line-up, alone in the last row. However this doesn't bother me so much. I have spent most of my life alone. My mother works 12 hours a day at a near-by Mill, and still struggles to keep food on the table. It would be easier if my father was still here, but he passed away when I was seven.
I hear two loud chimes of the bell ring from above me. Mrs. Laraway sat up from her desk and headed to close the door.
I peered down at my desk. Oh how I missed my father. How I missed his laughter, and his sparkling eyes, and that warm smile that could heat up any cold day. I missed his scent of dust and rubble from working in the mines as well as his sense of humor. With out him here, Elphin was just cold and bleak, never had I seen the sun shine all day since the day he died. My hands clenched into fists. I didn't so much mind the darkness, the grey skies. I didn't mind the rain and winds. The sights of these things were very calming to me, like a blanket is to a child; comforting and secure.
I heard the sound of a chair slide out next to me. I looked up curiously. A boy was setting down his bag and removing his coat, hanging it on the hooks to the right. I didn't recognize this boy as he sat down in the only single desk beside me. Which is rather strange, because Elphin is such a wee place that every one knows every one else. He had very dark brown hair, almost black that was messy atop his head, and his eyes were a deep mud brown. his skin was as pale as mine, and he wore a white button-up shirt and brown slacks. Who was this boy? Was he new? Or was he simply one of the other boys in the class that simply moved seats?
I couldn't help but stare at him. He didn't see me for a long while but as Mrs. Laraway began to call role, he suddenly felt my stare on him. He looked at me with a look of curiosity and discomfort, but my shyness, caused me to look away just as quickly as I received his glance.
His eyes pierced me like a sword, like lightning from heaven, an arrow from Cupid. It made my heart quiver and chills my chest and made me shiver. But not out of fright or out of coldness, something else. I felt my cheeks go hot and red as I cocked my head awkwardly to the left to avoid his angelic stare. It was strange that he looked at me. No one ever saw me. I was invisible; just that ghost that sits in the back of the room. As though I were transparent, I felt as if this boy looked right through me.
If only I could talk to him, I think to myself as I turn my head to the front of the room observing as Mrs. Laraway continued to call role. I sigh and stare down at my desk, attempting to peer through my tangled curls and maybe, see him. But my hair was too dark and too thick.
"Essebelle Wynn?" I hear my name emerge from the silence of my mind and pop up awkwardly. It takes me a second to reclaim reality, and realize it is my name on the role-call list.
"Present," I say in a choked tone. Quiet and high-pitched my voice is. I am shy and have not had much experience talking.
"And…Daniel York?" I hear a loud contagion of ruffling clothing and scooting chairs as the 3 rows ahead of us turn to look at the boy that sits beside me. I am uncomfortable with the many stares that are too close to me for comfort, so I allow my hair to cover my eyes and my head to rest on my right palm, and my left knuckles to rest under my chin.
"Here," His voice is sweet and lovely. Not too deep not to soft, the tone is perfection.
As the sounds of moving seats and talkative children cease, I allow my arms to drop to the desk again, and I brush my hair back with my hand instinctively. As Mrs. Laraway begins teaching, I attempt to listen, but am still distracted by the boy—Daniel is his name. Daniel York; his name is so strange and foreign to me.
I wish inexplicably that maybe he might talk to me, but I know that he will not. Nobody does; perhaps tis' because I do not talk to them. The teacher's voice is muffled, and the words are scattered, I cannot hear very well from back here. So I look down at my desk and play with my fingers. I do this for a while and then I hear a voice from beside me.
"Essebelle?" It is a soft, velvet voice. Sweet as honey.
I look up, surprised and turn my head to the boy. He looks at me with chocolate eyes that I long to stare into forever.
"Yes?" I answer in a choked whisper, my voice shy and cowardly.
"That is your name, isn't it?" He asks me.
I nod slowly. His accent is a mixture of British and Irish.
I wish he would talk to me some more, but by nature, I turn away nervously.
I can only think about the fool I am as Mrs. Laraway continues her lesson. I look back at Daniel repeatedly during the class, he stares out the window.
He does not listen, he does not take notes, he simply stares out the one glass window beside him in the room. I myself did not understand what he saw outside. A bleak sky endless and grey, a dying landscape of bitter cold. He stares out this window for the rest of class, and when the bell chimes, I stand up hesitantly and leave. Thinking how stupid I'd been and what a fool I was to turn away from him. As I walk many steps down the cobblestone pathway I hear running steps from behind me and a familiar voice, "Essebelle!" It's Daniel. My heart leaps with glee as he comes up beside me.
"Hello," He says casually as he stops mid-stride to walk with me.
I smile friendlily, as if to say 'hello' back.
"You don't talk very often, do you?" He asks me.
I feel I should say something but am overcome by shyness, and only look at him.
He laughs. "Where are you headed?"
"Home," I choke out.
I notice now that he is the only one talking, all the other students exiting the school are quiet and simple. "Then I guess you'd best be going then." He says rather sadly.
I nod with a smile, and after a silent good-bye we depart.
My home is a small house half the size of the school. As I walk in, I do not expect to see any one, I haven't laid eyes on my mother in days. Her days at the Mill are getting longer. I hang my coat on a hook and begin to make myself supper, thinking the whole time about Daniel, the angel-faced boy.
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Science | Science Experiment of the Week 4 | 246 - Paper WormsI don't like ironing work shirts. Recently, Downy came out with a product called Wrinkle Releaser. Now I just spray my shirt, give it a tug and it is done. How can that work?
This Week's Experiment - #246 Paper Worms
These experiments are from Robert Krampf - The Happy Scientist
This week's experiment ties together something from my childhood with something very new. The new thing is a wonderful product that has made my life easier. Now, usually I don't promote products, but this one I really like, and it has some interesting science in it too. I don't like ironing work shirts. Since we travel so much, I have to bring an iron, ironing board, and starch with me, making that much more stuff for me to pack and unpack. Recently, Downy came out with a product called Wrinkle Releaser. Now I just spray the shirt, give it a tug and it is done. How can that work? Part of the answer lies in a childhood trick. To try it, you will need:
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If you can't find a straw with a paper wrapper, you can use a wadded up paper towel, but it is not nearly as impressive. To do this right, you need the paper from the straw. It is also important to remove the paper in the right way. Hold the straw loosely and stab it gently onto the table. This makes the straw poke through the top of the paper wrapper and crumples the wrapper a bit. Now you want to force the paper downwards, crumpling it tightly as it slides down the straw. You want the paper to be squeezed down to about an inch long at the bottom of the straw. Then slide the squashed wrapper off the straw and place it on the table. It should remain crumpled up as it lays there. If you are using paper towel, use a small piece and wad it tightly into a ball.
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Why does it do that? Tear a piece of paper towel and look closely at the torn edge. The paper is made up of tiny, thread-like fibers. So is the paper in the straw wrapper, and any other piece of paper. The fibers may be bigger or smaller, but they are what the paper is made from. Where did these fibers come from? Trees. Wood is chopped and processed into a pulp, which is rolled out and dried to form paper. When you add water to the paper, the dried fibers absorb it and expand, just as a sponge swells as it soaks up water. In the crumpled straw wrapper, as the fibers expand, they cause the paper to straighten out some, causing the paper to seem as if it is growing.
Your clothes are also made of fibers. When they are folded, the fibers get bent, forming a crease or wrinkle. By using a chemical which causes the fiber to swell a bit, the wrinkles come right out. This saves me some work, and as my wife will tell you, I am all for saving myself from work. Have a great week.
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Matt Kenseth ran a steady-if-unspectacular 13th, and Greg Biffle showed early speed before dropping a valve, eventually blowing his engine and finishing 35th.
Contrast Saturday night's aggregate performance with that of a year ago. Edwards finished 14th that night. Problem was, he was the best Ford in the race. Jamie McMurray--then driving for Roush--was 22nd, Kenseth 23rd, Ragan 25th and Biffle 31st.
That was the race that amplified the questions that have dogged the Roush Fenway drivers ever since: "What's wrong with Roush?" "What's wrong with the Fords?"
On Saturday night, Edwards found the speed he had been lacking. In the closing laps, he caught and passed Jeff Gordon for the second position and had trimmed race winner David Reutimann's lead from more than two seconds to .727 seconds by the time the checkered flag fell.
For months, Edwards has politely answered the relentless, tiresome questions about Roush Fenway's performance. The LifeLock.com 400 provided a welcome respite. Edwards appeared in the media center AFTER the race as one of the top three finishers for the first time this year.
"The good thing is that we had the fastest car at the end of the race," Edwards said. "If you have the fastest car at the end of the race every week, you'll win plenty of races. If we can just do this more often, we will have turned the page, and we've got a lot of good things to look forward to.
"Hopefully, we can go back and look at what we did (Saturday night) and apply it for the races to come."
There are cautionary notes. Obviously, one race doesn't make a comeback. Edwards and Biffle are still in the top 12 (10th and 11th, respectively), but there is no margin of error if they hope to qualify for the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
Ford drivers are running the new FR9 engines. Kasey Kahne, who drives for Roush Fenway affiliate Richard Petty Motorsports, blew his engine at New Hampshire. Biffle's problem at Chicagoland was different--but equally terminal.
Clearly, there are bugs that have to be addressed, and that gives Edwards pause.
"I've been taking for granted that our engines run so well and don't have any trouble," he said. "We can't have that trouble if we want to make the Chase."
Despite the engine issues, however, Saturday's race was the most positive sign of progress the Roush drivers have seen this season.
"We're definitely on the event horizon," Edwards said. "We haven't quite crossed over.
"I know we can run that well. We just have to figure out how to do that every week. I hope this is something that we can go back, talk about on Monday, figure out why our car was so much different this week than it has been, and maybe apply it.
"We have some mile-and-a-halfs and tracks like this coming up the rest of the season that are going to be really important tracks."
With seven races left before the Chase field is set, we'll soon know whether the performance at Chicagoland was a one-night reprieve or the start of something big.


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Tuition Fees and Living Expenses
Our central postgraduate pages list all course fees for full-time, part-time and international students. We also provide information on the cost of living in both University and private accommodation. Durham is a collegiate University and although Ustinov is the only entirely postgraduate college, many of our other colleges have thriving postgraduate communities. Why not have a look at our postgraduate college pages?
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For more than a decade, Jasper County has been planning the South Atlantic International Terminal, a new deep-water terminal to be on the north side of the lower Savannah River.
The project will bring significant economic benefits to the South Carolina Lowcountry—including employment, commerce and tax revenue. Note that the county's plan includes financing and a contract with one of the world's most experienced American operators of similar terminals, a significant advantage over the unfunded proposals from the South Carolina Ports Authority (SPA).
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PADRES (69-80) at PIRATES (87-63)
Time: 4:05 p.m. Game 2 of 4
TV: Fox Sports San Diego
Radio: 1090-AM, 860-AM (Spanish)
Sunday's matchup
Padres LHP Eric Stults (8-13, 4.03 ERA)
Stults will be facing the Pirates for the first time in his career. He is 3-9 in 16 road starts this season with a 4.91 ERA. The Padres are 5-11 when he starts on the road. Stults is 0-6 in his 10 starts since the All-Star break with a 5.40 ERA. Overall, the Padres are 14-16 in Stults' 30 starts this season. He is leading the Padres with career-highs in starts, quality starts (18) and innings pitched (185 1/3). Stults has given up seven home runs in his last four starts and 17 on the season. Stults has given up the third-most hits in the National League but ranks eighth allowing only 1.8 walks per game. He hasn't walked a hitter in his last three starts.
Pirates LHP Jeff Locke (10-5, 3.14 ERA)
Locke, 25, will be facing the Padres for the first time. The Braves second-round pick in 2006, Locke and Wednesday's starter Charlie Morton came to the Pirates in the 2010 trade that sent outfielder Nate McLouth to Atlanta. Locke was 8-2 before the break with a 2.15 ERA in 18 starts and was selected to the National League All-Star team. He is 2-3 with a 5.26 ERA in 10 starts since the All-Star break. He is 11-11 in his major league career with a 3.79 ERA in 40 games (38 starts). He is 6-4 in his career at PNC Park with a 4.01 ERA in 21 games (19 starts) and 5-2 at home this season with a 4.23 ERA in 14 starts.
Looking Ahead
Wednesday: Padres RHP Tyson Ross (3-8, 3.29) at Pirates RHP Charlie Morton (7-4, 3.54), 4:05 p.m.
Thursday: Padres RHP Ian Kennedy (6-9, 4.85 ERA) at Pirates RHP Gerrit Cole, 9:35 a.m.


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Monday, July 2, 2007
Maximize and Maintain your Pc Performance With Reg Organizer
It is an almost inevitable natural process that, with time, your computer does not run as fast as it used to. More and more unneeded information slows down your PC's performance. Traces are left when you install and remove software. While you can usually remove most files that are left over when a product is just removed, what about the invisible traces that are left in your computer's registry?
Every Windows application uses the registry to store its configuration data. Many products do not remove the data completely, which results in residual information abandoned in the Windows registry. One or two or even three programs won't harm your registry enough to significantly slow down your computer. If, however, you use your computer for months and years, the registry becomes bloated with these residuals. This, in turn, causes major slowdowns in your PC's operation.
What would you do to stop that from happening? Limiting the number of programs you download and install is one option, but also an inconvenience. Reinstalling Windows from scratch is another option that will, for a while, restore your computer's original speed. But how much time are you going to waste reinstalling and reconfiguring Windows and all the applications you are so used to? Probably so much time that you'll decide not to bother.
Luckily, there is a solution that does not require such drastic measures. Reg Organizer by chemtable software will restore your PC's performance to its original level by thoroughly scanning your Windows registry, cleaning up abandoned registry keys and automatically fixing any problems and issues that your computer can acquire over time. Run Reg Organizer regularly, and your computer will stay as healthy and as fast as it was on day one!
While Reg Organizer's fully automatic mode is great, the product offers much more than just that. After all, there are many so-called 'registry cleaners', why bother with another one? Unlike the competition, Reg Organizer has many registry tweaks and tricks to allow advanced computer users to gain better control over their PC.
Reg Organizer allows you to locate and take care of all information that belongs to a specific application, even if it has been uninstalled. Get safer registry imports by allowing Reg Organizer to handle such requests; you will see clearly, in tree-like form, exactly what keys are about to be imported when you click on a .reg file. This is a feature that really should have been a part of Windows by this time!
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Microsoft or not?
Cramer is currently favouring a buy into Microsoft (MSFT), believing the bad times are behind and it's back on the up. An analysis of the share prices over the past few months shows that Microsoft is over its lowest points ($21.51) and gradually climbing (currently $24.40). One could argue that Cramer is right.
However, continued changes in Vista's release date, even if it means a more stable and secure Operating System will be released (or that is the theory). Microsoft's OS and webbrowser cycle is poor as it is:
* Windows XP was released in 2001
* Internet Explorer was released in 2001
Internet Explorer 7 is set for release in the first half of 2007 and Windows Vista is set for general release in the first quarter of 2007. Both products will offer many improvements and new features over the older versions but the reality is very little of it is new.
One feature to finally reach Internet Explorer is tabbed browser. To a non-technical person, who just uses what's supplied on their MS Windows desktop, this may seem new and exciting, however tabbed browser has been around since 1996 (although it was a feature in a non-public beta version of InternetWorks since 1994) and has been available in popular browsers such as Opera and MozillaFirefox for several years.
Microsoft won the first browser war but now it's coming to a battle in many areas. Product cycles are quicker for open source software such as OpenOffice.org, MozillaFirefox and MozillaThunderbird - new features, bug fixes, and security updates are released regularly. Due to the products' open source nature it is easier and cheaper to develop plugins and compatible applications.
On the operating system side, Microsoft has competition from Linux. Linux is now becoming more mature and is being adopted by governments and educational institutes alike. Novell (NOVL) is investing a lot of money in Linux, having bought German company SuSE Linux GmbH in January 2004.
One key area that they have invested a lot in over the past year is Xen, which is virtualisation software and allows multiple Operating Systems (Linux or Windows) to be run as guests on a single system (the host, which can be either Linux or Windows). This is one threat Microsoft has seen and responded to by improving its Virtual Server support offering and making it available for free. However, is this too little too late?
Xen's benefit is that it's open source, therefore bugs and security issues will be fixed quicker, possibly even before the problem is public knowledge, as the source code is visible for everyone to evaluate and test for insecurities. A quick response to bugs and security is critical in a business environment and an area Microsoft can not compete within due to its closed source nature.
Virtualisation is becoming a more important area due to the increasing costs for power. Fortunately, hardware is becoming more powerful, often more powerful than is actually required, so virtualisation is definitely for today as well as the future. Why invest in hardware for 6 servers when all 6 could run from within one operating system through virtualisation?
With Vista and Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft is trying to play catch-up, but the fact is it now has seriously tough competition. There is now a big take up of alternative browsers, office applications and operating systems. While the market change might be slow, it's definitely happening. I cannot see Microsoft being in the same market position in 10 years that it is now. Its market share will continue to evaporate.
The Bottom Line:
Microsoft is facing serious threats in the home, education and business desktop arena. It's facing threats in the business environment as a server (aside from as a webserver, where Linux/Unix is in the majority). Microsoft might hit a high when Vista is (finally) released, however Bill Gates stepping down in the way that he is does suggest to me that the bulk of the money has been made and it's now time to do something with it. The IT industry is often a "come today, gone tomorrow" so it's always difficult to choose which company to invest in, especially as the current trend is "over priced " when those companies that have managed to stick around decide to float themselves on the stock market. I won't advise you who to invest in, but I will say don't just look at the software/operating system area, also look at hardware and consultancy companies too. Big Blue, International Business Machines Corp (IBM), has been around for a long time and there will always be a demand for such companies.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
The Art of Good Web Design
CG Design can bring you the innovative web design, corporate branding solutions, as well as promote the important factors in bringing a good quality website that constitutes the customer's needs. The web design and overall planning are the processes that will spearhead the total impact of providing communication and efficient use for the customers—and potential customers.
Establishing Communication:
What would become of a relationship without the communication? Fact is all of us communicate in a manner of ways that bring critical approach to several aspects in any business or relationship. With thorough planning and up-to-date execution as well as the proper understanding of what communication has in store for a website, the results could be mesmerizing. Meeting deadlines is not just the case here, but also the ability to contribute on the matter with immediate yet excellent way of providing the needed tools in the effectiveness of a website to the customers.
The Ideal Factors for Web Designing:
There are ideal factors that are considered in developing a profound and effective website.
First off, your idea of an effective website should be able to provide the guidelines on what to do with the planning and then setting the tables for construction of an improved approach. But normally, the undertaking and responsibility of the job could be in our hands, and if you give us your confidence and trust to fully get the job very well done, then it would be more than just a pleasure. The concept will materialize a newly innovative website that poses the art of web design along with the importance of usability and not just the fancy attitude.
Second, the logo and background are one of the most important aspects of web designing. Whether the logo is reflective of the business or positions itself a personal site then the thorough and in-depth planning should be able to provide you the most satisfying results. Backgrounds have the same impact, whether static or automated; the impression of giving the appropriate colours should provide the best possible element that will give appeal to the visitors and turning them into customers.
Thirdly, the colour coordination, sizes, and shape harmony will introduce a better aspect along the course of website development. The colours will enhance the capability of the site to provide attractive yet effective way of delivering the right message to the customer. The sizes and shapes have the also the ability to contribute for the website to along the right path.
CG Design provides the most appropriate and right tools to make your business one of the most coveted and desired services online. Additionally, we deliver the best concluded website that gives not just attraction to the customers but also the usability and communication that they are all hungry for.
Creating Web Graphics with Adobe FireWorks
Accelerate web design and development with Adobe® Fireworks® software, the ideal tool for creating and optimizing images for the web and rapidly prototyping websites. Like it's new step-brother, PhotoShop, FireWorks is a superb piece of graphics software that no web designer should be without. Similar to PhotoShop, in that it has the same intuitive workspace and a huge support network through online forums and support sites, FireWorks is specifically optimised for web graphics and for web design. Fireworks offers the flexibility to edit both vector and bitmap images, a common library of prebuilt assets, and timesaving integration with Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Flash software.
Designers can mock up designs quickly in Fireworks, or leverage other assets from Illustrator, Photoshop, and Flash. Then move directly into Dreamweaver for easy development and deployment. The interface includes a comprehensive set of design tools, including styles, blend modes, filters and auto shapes. Web designers can choose from dozens of styles to quickly change the aesthetics of any object. Options include chrome, stone, ice, reflective, glass, plastic, and more. There are also dozens of lend modes to customize the appearance of your objects and interface elements; a plethora of lighting effects, shadow effects, styles, and blend modes (including seven new blend modes from Photoshop), to add depth and character to text and symbols. Optimize graphics for virtually any delivery scenario with preview, cross-platform gamma preview, selective JPEG compression, and a wide range of export controls, and then cleverly splice them for the web or CSS with the 9-slice scaling function. A great new feature in the CS3 version of Fireworks is the ability to create multiple web pages at once. Designers can use the new Pages panel to create multiple pages in a single document (PNG file), and share layers across multiple pages.
Each page can contain its own slices, layers, frames, animations, and canvas settings, making it easy to simulate website flow in a prototype. Added to that, the new multi-layer support allows users to include multiple web layers within a single Fireworks (PNG) file, share a common web layer across all pages, or be selective about which pages include the web layer. Designers can also edit a single layer and then apply the change globally – saving loads of time. There's better integration with Illustrator in CS3, as well as enhanced integration between other Adobe products, including PhotoShop and DreamWeaver. This helps to make the whole web design, development and graphic construction as seamless as possible. In all, FireWorks is a fantastic design tool for all web developers and designers. Anyone even thinking of web design should download the free trial and have a play.
I guarantee you won't be disappointed! You can check out some of the graphics that can be created with Adobe FireWorks for web design at the DataMouse site.
Contact DataMouse.biz for all your web design, database design or graphic design needs.
Creating Web Graphics with Adobe PhotoShop
Adobe® Photoshop® software helps to improve the workflow path from imagination to imagery. Ideal for photographers, graphic designers, and web designers, software delivers features such as automatic layer alignment and blending that enable advanced compositing. Although we shall cover some other graphics packages, such as FireWorks, in other articles, when creating images for the web, there are few tools that compare with PhotoShop and its diverse range of web design-specific tools.
Web designers can create or modify images with a wide assortment of professional, fully customizable paint settings, artistic brushes, and drawing tools. When this is combined with an intuitive workspace and the ability to import and export a wide range of file formats, including PSD, BMP, Cineon, JPEG, JPEG2000, OpenEXR, PNG, Targa, and TIFF, PhotoShop is one tool that today's web graphic designers should not be without. The colour palette, for example, can be optimised specifically for web-safe colours. Web designers can also undo and redo any set of editing steps in an open image with the History palette, and automatically track all editing steps within your files with the Edit History log.
Export steps to a text file or save them as part of image metadata for easier documentation of your work, file audits, and more. This makes managing specific icon palettes much, much easier in PhotoShop. Being able to create an image across multiple layers and then splice that image into specific segments ready for use with Cascading Style Sheets makes it easier for web developers to become web designers. Cutting a base image into segments and using CSS can create superbly styled and visually impressive websites very easily. Combined with DreamWeaver and the new integration tools available between the two software packages, both web design and web development just became even more seamless.
If you create custom icons and web graphics – as opposed to web banners et al – you will usually have a common theme across your icons. For example, orientation, palette colour or sizes. With PhotoShop, you can automate common production tasks in a variety of ways. Set up event-based scripts, record a series of steps as an Action for efficient batch processing, and design repetitive graphics faster with Variables. Being long established as the software of choice for web designers, PhotoShop has a massive on-line following. Forums and support sites are in abundance, with over 113 million web pages available when searching for PhotoShop information! Whether you're creating fun web graphics with comic styling and bright colours, realistic images for printed portfolios or vector graphics for scaling, PhotoShop is the perfect software. You can check out some of the graphics that can be created with Adobe PhotoShop for web design at the DataMouse site.
Contact DataMouse.biz for all your web design, database design or graphic design needs.
Web 2.0 Making a Difference on the Internet
If you use all or some of these features in a website, you will find yourself in second generation of World Wide Web. Yes, Web 2.0 is making a difference by adding various advanced functionality. The term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, however it does not refer to an update to Web technical specifications, but to changes in the way system developers are using the web platform. We can say that Web 2.0 is an improved form of World Wide Web.
Before RSS which is one of the most widely used feature of Web 2.0, several similar formats already existed for syndication, but none achieved widespread popularity or are still in common use today, as most were envisioned to work only with a single service. These originated from push and pull technologies.
The specifications & features of Web 2.0 include server-software, content-syndication, messaging-protocols, standards-based browsers with plug-ins and extensions and various client-applications. Innovations of Web 2.0 are web based applications and desktops, rich Internet applications, client side software, XML & RSS, specialized protocols & web protocols. All these new features, specification & innovations are taking the Internet and web design to next generation.
There is undoubtedly a significant degree of hype around Web 2.0 at the moment, but behind the hyperbole lie some important principles, and some powerful potential. We are seeing the emergence of Web-based services that pull data from a wide range of back-end systems to deliver value to users, when, where and in the form that they require it. We are seeing adhoc relationships being formed by and for these services at the point of need, rather than the costly and time-consuming human creation of contracts or service level agreements. Previously passive recipients of content are beginning to engage, combine and recombine data that they are given in new and interesting ways.
The Web 2.0 has also made easy for website design & use but the world is all about change & its pretty acceptable question. If Web 2.0 supports that many new features, what's next after Web 2.0? May be Web 3.0? Yes Web 3.0 is on its way and will arrive with many more features & functionality.
Planning Your Website
Most websites fail. For every Google or Amazon there are thousands of sites that don't make it, so what can you do to make your website a success? The first thing you need to do to avoid failure is to define exactly what you mean by success. What do you want your website to achieve?
Before you do anything you should decide on a short, clear goal for your site and then write it down. You can just have one goal, but it sometimes helps to have a handful to help you develop your site. Possible goals may include:
- To make enough money selling your line of hand-made jewelry to give up your day job
- To tell everyone how great your pet hamster is
- To sell your range of skateboards to people outside California
- To get more parents to send their children to your school
- To fill more rooms in your hotel during the off-season
- To educate divers about the dangers they pose to coral reefs
- To raise money for cancer research
- To help people understand trigonometry
It's important that you only set a small number of goals for your site. If you try to do too many things at once, you'll fail.
Focusing On Achieving Your Goal
Your goal can help you make the right decisions when designing your website - but only if you can keep focused on it. Whenever you need to make a decision, ask yourself which of the options is most likely to help you achieve your goal.
One decision you must take for any site is how large to make the text. Small text often looks nicer, but larger text is more readable. Imagine you were designing a site for a financial advisor whose goal was to "get new customers". Would large or small text help you to achieve the goal better? Larger text would be better in this instance, as most investors are older people and many wear glasses.
But what if their goal was "to get more young customers"? Smaller text might be more likely to appeal to younger investors, although you still need to make sure they can read it.
Hot Tip: Be careful when choosing your web designer. Some designers may be more interested in creating an attractive website for their portfolio than a site that makes money for you. Having a goal written down helps make sure everyone is pulling in the same direction. Understanding Your Visitors
A website without visitors is as pointless as a pencil without lead. To make sure the people who visit your site don't leave straight away you'll need to identify your target audience, the people you want to visit your site, so you can ensure the design and content will appeal to them.
You need to know as much about your target audience as possible. Ask yourself lots of questions about them:
- How old are they?
- What kind of jobs do they have?
- Where do they live?
- What computer do they own?
- How much do they use the Web?
- What other sites do they visit?
- Why have they come to your site?
The Call to Action
Once you've got a clear idea of who your target audience is, you'll need to think about how you are going to use this knowledge to achieve the goal you've set for your site. If you're planning a business site then you probably want the visitor to buy something from you, either now or in the future. If your site is non-commercial, you probably still want your visitor to do something specific, like donate money to a charity or improve their knitting.
So, how do you get your visitors to do what you want? Well, you need to ask them - and it needs to be obvious. There's no point in having a "buy now" button if your visitor doesn't notice it. Your whole site, from the design to the writing, should be focused on getting your visitors to take up your call to action. For some sites, like Amazon, the action they want the visitor to perform might be to make an online purchase, but for others it could simply be tempting the visitor to make a phone call or send an email.
Whatever your call to action is, you'll need to understand your target audience in order to get them to perform it.
Check Out the Competition
There's no such thing as an original idea any more, at least not on the Web. If you're designing a new site it's almost certain that somebody somewhere will have done something similar before.
You might not welcome this competition but try to think of it as free market research. Your competitors may have spent a lot of time and money coming up with ideas for their site and there's nothing to stop you using those ideas for free. Take a look at your competitor's websites to see what they've done well and what they've done badly.
Learn From Other People's Mistakes
If you're able to offer visitors something your competitors don't, there's a good chance they'll start using your site instead. Visit other people's sites and think like an awkward customer. What's wrong with their site? What could they do better? What are they missing?
Here are some of the things you might find:
- Their site looks cheap so I don't trust them. A site that looks professional would make me much more likely to buy online
- I don't have Flash, so I can't use their site
- It takes me too long to find the books I want
- There are lots of spelling mistakes on the site and I found the articles boring, even though it's about my favourite singer
- The site takes a long time to load, I can't wait that long so I'll probably go to another site instead
- I found the order forms really confusing. I'd rather call them up than buy from their website
Credit Where Credit's Due
It's probably easy to pick holes in your competition's website, but also remember to focus on the things they've done well. Imagine you're a potential customer coming to the site. Try to perform one of the "tasks" you'd want them to carry out, such as finding the company's phone number and address or buying something online.
How easy it is to carry out the task? How long did it take? What impression of the company did you get? Remember, looking at other people's websites for inspiration is a great idea. However, copying them isn't. It may be tempting to cut corners by copying the terms and conditions from another site, but it's also against the law.


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Garden Class: Bonsai Club Start Up
Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 9:30 AM
Watters Garden Center, 1815 W. Iron Springs Road, Prescott
Saturday (9:30 âĆō 10:30) Bonsai expert, Frank Cuva will teach a beginning level class encompassing the creation of a bonsai plant. During the class, students learn the basics of transplanting and shaping for a lovey specimen. The class is free, but students should bring their small pruners, gloves and enthusiasm for this amazing art form. Share travel stories, successes and other bonsai. If you like the gardeners in attendance join this start up âĆśBonsai clubâĆÖ. Free to watch & participant.


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Torrington: Warner's Peter Pan continues Aug. 1-3
Published 1:00 am, Monday, July 28, 2014
TORRINGTON>> The Warner Stage Company's Main Stage Musical Season continues Friday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m. with Peter Pan. The show opened July 26.
Based on J.M. Barrie's classic tale and featuring an unforgettable score by Morris "Moose" Charlap and Jule Styne with lyrics by Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Peter Pan is one of the most beloved and frequently performed family favorites of all time.
Peter (Erin Spector) and his mischievous fairy sidekick Tinkerbell visit the nursery of the Darling children (Kristen Vanderlyn, Alexander Bilodeau, Gavin Anderson) late one night and with a sprinkle of pixie dust begin a magical journey across the stars that none of them will ever forget.
In the adventure of a lifetime, the travelers come face to face with a ticking crocodile, a fierce Indian tribe, a band of bungling pirates and of course the villainous Captain Hook (John Ozerhoski).
Featuring the iconic songs "I'm Flying," "I've Gotta Crow," "I Won't Grow Up," and "Never Land," and a rousing book full of magic, warmth and adventure, Peter Pan is the perfect show for the child in all of us who dreamed of soaring high and never growing up.
The Warner Stage Company production of Peter Pan is directed and choreographed by Roxie Quinn with Music Director Dan Ringuette. Performances are Friday, Aug. 1 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday Aug. 2 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday Aug. 3 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $18-26 and can be purchased by calling the Warner Box Office at 860-489-7180 or online at www.warnertheatre.org