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Most people are turned off by constant complainers
I'm so glad that's over.
Thanksgiving has lost a lot of its luster for me. If you are like the average person, you ate way too much, wasted money on Thanksgiving dinner, threw money away on Black Friday and probably made most of your family members happy that they only see you twice a year.
The average Thanksgiving meal costs around $50 to produce. That is the same as about 35 meals for people who are on food stamps. Since food stamps were cut by $5 billion dollars recently, about one in every six families in America had a little less to be thankful for around the table.
Thanksgiving is one of the very few days all year where cooking at home is more expensive than eating out.
For those who had the luxury of those pricier meals, you probably consumed more calories at that meal than you normally would in two or three days.
Some estimates say that a big Thanksgiving meal could be as much as 4,500 calories.
That's a lot of turkey and pie.
It would be the equivalent of
• Nine large boxes of French fries from McDonalds.
• Two medium pepperoni pizzas.
• Four medium cookie dough Blizzards from Dairy Queen.
• Or 48 chicken wings.
I hope if that was you on Thursday that you are asking for a treadmill for Christmas.
Either way, I hope the family gathering was enjoyable. I know it is fun to sit and listen to people complain for most of the day and then sit around a table for dinner and tell you all they are thankful for.
We all have problems.
But it is time for people to realize that complaining about those problems doesn't solve them. In fact, most people are turned off by constant complainers.
As Ben Franklin said, "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do."
Trust me, I have found more than a few occasions where I felt justified in complaining. But I have found much more benefit in handling problems another way.
As Billy Graham said, "Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain."
I know people think the squeaky wheel gets the grease. That's great if you really want some grease. But here is a tip for you, almost everyone hates squeaky wheels.
Look, you have 363 more days left until you get to do that Thanksgiving "what are you thankful for this year" routine.
Spend that time living each day grateful for what you have and work hard to get what you don't.
You might still overspend and overeat next year, but at least you won't annoy everyone in the house.
Kent Bush is the publisher of the Butler County Times Gazette and can be reached at: email@example.com


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The Melges Europe Story
In May 2007, another chapter was written in the impressive 60+ years of Melges Performance Sailboats history. It was a milestone that would bring international class growth to the Melges 32 and be far more significant than just another record-breaking regatta turn out, or big-name, big-shot professional climbing aboard ultimately swearing allegiance to speed — it was the formation of Melges Europe.
For Federico Michetti, president of Melges Europe, it was a dream to bring the Melges 32 to Europe and work alongside Harry Melges. "When you have a dream and it is never shared with others, it is just a dream. But when that dream is realized together by a group of people with the same goals in mind, the possibilities are endless. It can become reality," Michetti reflected. Before being named director, he was known to be a self-proclaimed 'Melges speed addict' with numerous sailing achievements of his own. At the launch, Melges commented that Federico was a natural fit for the position, "He possesses a great deal of sailing experience at a very high level and understands how to organize a winning team."
Today, Michetti´s crew includes guidance from the international Melges Team and the assistance of General Manager Luisa Bambozzi. "Luisa is amazing. She is wonderful with our customers. She makes sure that each one is taken care of to the highest degree. She handles all the day-to-day duties. I am so lucky to have her on the team," says Michetti. Another individual he is quick to thank is his Financial Advisor and friend, Giorgio Puntello. "It was Giorgio who said, 'Federico, you must do this. It is the right thing to do.' He was there always pushing me."
Once established, the company's accomplishments seemed to snowball. Michetti already knew there was a great deal of interest in Europe before Claudio Recchi won the U.S. National Championship in Newport in mid-July. He was one of nine crewmembers on Let's Roll. "Every time I get on the Melges 32 I realize what a lucky boy I am. When I arrived in Newport and went out to sail, it reminded me that this is the best boat." The Melges 32 turned heads as the press called for articles, editorials and interviews with Recchi, including Sailing World Magazine in the USA, and Fare Vela in Italy.
Immediately on Michetti´s return home, he traveled to Lake Garda for Torbole Race Week, where the Melges 32 was scheduled to make its Italian debut. This event promised maximum exposure to potentially more than 400 sailors from nine European countries. Over a hundred individuals lined up for a trial run. The weather dynamics on Lake Garda were ideal. It was just what Melges Europe ordered. "I was certain that the Melges 32 would generate great attention, but the positive feedback has exceeded my expectations," Michetti says. "Claudio´s success at the Nationals strengthened the popularity and confidence in the Melges 32 — in Europe, and most especially in Italy." From there, it was on to other major events, such as Centomiglia and Barcolana. Great success at these events put the Melges 32 on the pages of some of Italy´s most fashionable culture magazines.
As 2007 drew to a close, Melges Europe celebrated seven months and 20 boats sold. In addition, a formal partnership with Yacht Club Milano was formed to offer support for the Melges 32 fleet in Milan. It is at this elegant and modern yacht club that Michetti conducted the first European owners meeting in December. Thirteen owner representatives attended (60% of all European owners). Michetti expressed his appreciation for their support and confirmed the announcement of a 2008 Mediterranean Racing Circuit. Melges Europe also struck an agreement with Riccardo Simoneschi´s sports marketing agency, B.Plan, to handle communication, sponsorship and organization for the five-event series. "Our agreement between B.Plan and Melges Europe was immediate because our vision of the world of sailboat racing coincides perfectly. Without wasting a minute, we set to work with the objective of creating the 2008 Audi Sailing Series for the Melges 32. Our goal is to ensure that all owners who believed in this boat now, are the first testimonial on which B.Plan will direct much effort and many ideas," Simoneschi says.
Based in Milan, Melges Europe oversees the assembly of the Melges 32 as it enters Europe and will establish a dealer network for its distribution. "I really love the brand, therefore the leadership of this new company comes naturally to me. We carry Melges´ philosophy of building a superior, technologically advanced product and supporting it with incomparable customer service," Michetti adds.
Melges Europe is a continuum of Melges Performance Sailboats´ goal to further support and encourage the sport of sailing on a global scale. In October 2006, Melges appointed Northshore Yachting, trading as Melges Asia Pacific, based in Sydney, Australia, to distribute the Melges 32 and Melges 24. Now with firm reach to three continents, more sailors can enjoy sailing the greatest sportboats on the planet.

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Preston makes an important point in his notes: The top of the head (the cranium) is not as pliable as the bottom half (the jaw, cheeks and mouth).
This is based on reality.
Real living heads are constructed of 2 parts:
Got it?
Take a look at this average typical man.
That's the basic concept you need to understand when you start drawing different expressions on your constructed characters.
When something opens its mouth, 2 things happen:
1) The jawbone lowers, thus stretching the skin.
2) The lip muscles stretch into different shapes according to the expression.
In an old cartoon, a lot of characters don't actually have jaws-like this Preston Blair dog. Instead he has a cartoony stylized version of a jaw. It's just a balloon that stretches when the mouth is open and squashes when the mouth is closed.
It suggests what happens in reality but is not physically the same as having actual bones in your head.
So my point is-even though it's not real-it still has to feel natural in order to have a convincing effect on the audience.
This is a cartoon invention, based on another thing that happens in reality.
When you smile, your smile pushes your cheeks up towards your eyes and compresses them.
When you frown, your smile lines pull your cheeks down, making your cheeks look longer.
OK, now that you understand the concepts of squash and stretch and why things stretch when they do-remember it's not arbirtary distortion-go ahead and start copying all the drawings on this page.
If you don't know what construction is yet go back and do lesson 1:


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I thought I had snuck the discarded ripe banana surreptitiously into my purse when a colleague leaned over and whispered "is there something you want to tell me?"
I thought I had snuck the discarded ripe banana surreptitiously into my purse when a colleague leaned over and whispered "is there something you want to tell me?"
I had not planned on sharing my secret to growing roses but she had caught me trying to sneak off with my secret weapon.
I started experimenting with feeding plants banana peels a few years ago when I read potted tropical hibiscus appreciate getting a banana peel or two dug into their roots every few months.
Bananas are high in potassium, an element roses need to produce chlorophyll and to activate essential enzymes that provide optimal photosynthesis.
A Navy friend who lives in Portland, which has the annual Rose Festival in June with the most amazing flowers, told me the secret to her stunning roses was putting banana peels in the bottom of the hole before she dug in the plant.
Suspecting how well that move would go over with the small herd opossums, raccoons and squirrels in my garden, I decided to dry out the banana peels first.
Well, not really, I happened to toss a banana peel into a compost bucket and completely forgot it was there.
A week or so later, the peel was nicely dried up, which gave me the idea to dry more. Surely a dried banana peel would be less attractive to my wild neighbors and might last longer once tucked into soil.
One day, I started to cut up the banana peel and dry them on a paper towel over little packs of shoe decasent in an open weave basket on top of my refrigerator. The chips were easier to store in glass jars and wax paper cereal bags, and I even toyed with giving them as gifts to friends who were struggling with their roses.
Last year, in the middle of that terrible drought, after feeding my native roses a regular diet of banana chips and periodic handfuls of used coffee grounds, I was regularly sneaking roses out of my garden. Although a bit unorthodox, I use roses to mark where I plant onion bulbs. The onions help keep bugs off rose bushes.
Even my little miniature roses bloomed, although those at first struggled with the heat when I didn't mulch them. One died after being too closely and repeatedly "pruned" by deer.
We also can eat them. Roses are high in Vitamin C, although friends who are treated to a salad with one usually leave it on their plate. That's okay, I prefer to enjoy my roses in a vase, too.
Charlotte Ekker Wiggins is a certified gardener sharing gardening tips in a changing climate at http://www.gardeningcharlotte.com. Contact Charlotte at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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'Have you ever yarnbombed your home ? " The magazine editor asked " I'm really interested in interior design "
This was a very interesting idea to me and also very funny. Yarnbombing my home ! My home had been bombed with yarn completely in just the terrorist mess way , there is yarn and knitting everywhere. Not in a home decor sort of way.
I like it when some one else gives me some structure so I decided to yarnbomb some furniture . I didn't want to yarnbomb a whole room , my work is to colorful and I need my home to be a still calm place . But I thought it would be beautiful to see knitting on a small complex stool . Actually I thought it would be fine to yarnbomb 100 of them but perhaps start with one . I bought 2 stools from Wal Mart and sat down and waited for them to be shipped .
I got tired of waiting and decided to yarnbomb a stool I had already . When you have a new idea and you are excited it's important to start right away and use that excitement as fuel . I had to knit many tiny fussy strips and measure constantly. It took a really long time . I talked to myself in an encouraging way-
" This is just the first one, it's ok to mess up "
"You learning something new, that is a slow thing "
" You are going to get to keep this, it's ok that it's taking your time – time is converting into art "
After 2 weeks the stools arrived at Wal Mart and I went to get them . That was scary , my heavens . However the stools were amazingly good. I started sewing up my knitting . Learning , learning.
When I finished I had looked at it for so long that I couldn't see it anymore. I took many pictures and liked the knitting best outdoors. More yarnbomby .
I'm fascinated , perplexed, anxious and pleased about this yarnbomb. Hmmm 99 more to do.


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As many of you know, I was one of a few that was a big fan of Russell Wilson's NFL prospects before the draft. I viewed him as the Tom Brady type steal that could be seen coming. Upon scouting and researching him in college, I did not find evidence of his height effecting his results. Wilson became a Seahawk, and soon posted one of the best QB performances in the preseason among not just rookies, but veterans too. A month ago, I really believed that Russell Wilson could be our version of a rookie Cam Newton or Big Ben. I thought Seattle had an excellent chance to be playing in this year's Superbowl.
Instead, Russell Wilson has shown struggles in multiple areas that I've never seen from him before. His pocket presence went from a strength to a problem. His ability to read the field has gone from a strength to a problem. He seems much more uncomfortable handling pressure than before. His accuracy/control/location was mostly outstanding at Wisconsin, but has looked highly suspect at times over the first four games of this season. While it's probably true that Wilson is being held back by a conservative offense, I feel that his problems stem well beyond that right now.
I'm not panicking, because many of Wilson's issues could just be part of "promotion sickness" as I call it. If you follow baseball at all, then you know not to expect your ace hitting prospect who's batting .330 in Triple-A to bat .330 immediately in the Major Leagues. Doubly so if you are a Mariners fan. Michael Saunders- who put the team through three years of crap before finally becoming solidly good this year- is the best position player prospect success story the team can point to in recent history. With very few exceptions, there is an adjustment period to be expected. I was hoping that Wilson could be that exception, but so far it looks like we'll have to wait on him like almost everyone else. I don't think it will take nearly as long as Saunders did, but we now know that Wilson will require more time to excel than none at all.
While I haven't given up hope completely, the early returns suggest a very different 2012 season, one in which the team is continuing to build instead of competing immediately for a championship.
When John Schneider first came here, he talked about a 4 year plan. Year one was about adding as much talent as possible while turning over the roster like crazy. Year two was about fixing the O-line and D-line. Year three was about fixing the pass rush. Next year is year four, and we've been told by a certain net Nostradamus that it was meant to be the year of the QB in this plan, at least until Flynn and Wilson changed things. Or did they? I guess we'll find out.
When I finished college and got my degree, I wasn't very motivated about getting a job. I have a degree in recording arts communication, and jobs in that field are really hard to break into. After a time, my dad started to pressure me about my career search. He'd ask me questions, asking me what I had done that week or what I was planning on doing the next day. He wanted to see signs of progress. Every time I'd come up with something clever to say, but ultimately the lack of results led to a building sense of well deserved cynicism.
And I totally understand why he would react that way. Let's say you need a 50 page report that requires much research and effort, and it's due in a month. A week in, you ask this person how things are going. He provides no real evidence of progress, but tells you that things are going fine. Two weeks in, you ask again. Again, he shows no evidence of work but assures you that everything is on schedule. Weeks three and four come and go with no changes. It's the day before the due date, and this person has still not produced any signs of progress. How optimistic would you feel about having that 50 page report ready by D-day?
Something I've learned is that showing signs of progress is important. It's like a down payment of trust- something that builds good faith and confidence.
I mean no disrespect and am not trying to call anyone out, but I've heard many say that they need to see wins now and have (by my interpretation) inferred that they may revoke their full support if the immediate winning doesn't happen. I think that kind of talk is completely understandable, but also a year early. John Schneider is presumably on a 5 year contract (as Pete Carroll is). He could have said that he would build this team on a 5 year plan, but he didn't. He also did not say that he would build it on a 3 year plan. He specifically said 4 years. And we are in year 3.
This team still has problems, but I think it's important to remember the good faith this regime has built up. After year one, regime team set out to add as much talent as possible, leaving no stone unturned. They did exactly that, improving the team by two wins and drafting two pro-bowlers (Thomas, Chancellor) and three others who are quality starters (Okung, McCoy, Tate), in addition to several low profile free agents that helped the team win an unexpected division title. In year two, they set out to fix the lines. They did exactly that: by the end of the 2011 season our O-line was playing on a high level and our Bryant-Branch-Mebane-Clemons D-line was an above average group. As an added bonus, they created an elite young secondary on the cheap. In year three they set out to improve the pass rush and increase the speed of the defense. The early returns are promising. Not among those stated year 3 goals was getting a franchise QB. Instead it was merely to find competition for Tarvaris Jackson. They brought in two quarterbacks with this purpose in mind, and it was so successful that Jackson isn't even here anymore after he was outplayed by both of them.
I haven't given up on this season. I think Seattle is a playoff caliber team, and in almost any other division, we'd probably be 1st place right now. I haven't given up on Russell Wilson as a rookie winner. But even if Seattle fails to overachieve, that's okay, because they were overachieving by even being in this position. This regime has been very successful reaching their stated goals thus far. Who would bet against them if their stated goal this offseason is improving the pass offense?
They say it takes one to know one, and I know better than most what an excuse making slacker looks like. These guys, they ain't it. They are hard workers who know what they are doing, and they do exactly what they say they will do. They do not make excuses; they make a way.
In August of 2011, this team was a favorite in the race to win the Luck sweepstakes. The Seahawks opened a majority of national "power polls" at #32. That is no insult to this regime- still new at the time- it simply shows how big of a hole they were digging out of. Just one year later Bill Simmons- an ESPN writer and Patriots fan- predicted the Seahawks would make the Superbowl.
Whether Wilson ends up being our franchise savior in 2012 or 2013, or whether that franchise savior ends up being a new face in 2013, I'm just going to shut up and strap in for the ride. This team is talent overkill. It's a stick of dynamite soaked in kerosene. A quality quarterback is the match. We are frustrated right now because we are all like giddy 13 year old pyromaniacs off their Ritalin standing in front of this bonanza, but we can't seem to find the damn matchbox. When that match will light is anyone's guess, but when it does I would advise getting some distance and avoiding direct eye contact without wearing a welding mask.
Like 2011, I expect 2012 to be an evolving season. Our 3rd and long defense can't play this poorly all season while playing so well at everything else. Our passing offense isn't going to be elite, but it will figure things out. It will improve as experience is gained, adjustments are made, and chemistry is developed. Pete Carroll has already said that he will scale up the offense as the season rolls along. You can logically expect for things to get better before the season is over.
Whatever happens this season, let's not lose sight of the shimmering treasure trove we are sitting on right now. This team is young and this team has almost everything you'd want outside of a great QB, and it's being led by people who have a knack for accomplishing their goals. They told us to wait four years. They have exceeded our expectations wildly through three. If there was ever a time to look at a 2-2 record with a glass half full mentality, this is it. When Pete and John came to town, they had a very tough task in front of them, but everything I have seen so far has created more than enough good faith that they will come through for us by the appointed time, if not sooner.


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A couple of people have commented on the lack of new postings on this blog. I'm grateful that you noticed. Here are a few words of explanation.
Three weeks ago I was doing some work on the computer when I had what I thought was a bad migraine attack. My vision became blurred and I felt nauseous. I switched off the PC and lay down in a darkened room to recover.
Normally a migraine leaves you feeling a bit shaky and after a couple of days you are right as rain again. but the feeling of shakiness never really went away.
After the attack I noticed a few symptoms that were a bit scary because they were really odd. For example I had trouble telling the time. I could see the hands of the watch but couldn't seem to make sense of it. I also had trouble finding the pointer on the computer screen, even when I knew where it should be. These symptoms did start to wear off, but I still felt that something wasn't quite right.
For example, if I was trying to pick something (like a Wainwright summit name) from an alphabetically sorted list on a web page I couldn't find it. If my radio was on 145.450 and someone said they were QSYing to 145.525 I had trouble finding the channel.
I also had - indeed if you could watch me typing this you would find I still have - a lot of trouble using the keyboard. It became so frustrating that I lost most of the desire to post to the blog.
I was in denial that anything was wrong. Plus, to be honest, I didn't have much faith that the system here would do much to help me. I hoped that if I just carried on trying to do normal things one day I would find that everything was back to normal again.
Last weekend I went for a walk to the top of Binsey, one of the local Wainwright summits. I made it to the top OK but after I finished making contacts and went to leave I felt strangely disorientated and had to search for the way down. On the drive home I almost went off the edge of the road because I had trouble judging the distance on the left hand side.
Walking around town several times I knocked into lamp posts and other obstructions on the left hand side, as if I didn't notice them.
Eventually, yesterday, I decided finally that I should see my GP. He listened carefully as I described all the symptoms I have mentioned and did a few tests on my reflexes and co-ordination. Unfortunately it seems my pessimism about the system was not misplaced. The doctor told me that the specialist he would like to refer me to, a neurologist, is not available here.
He said - these are more or less his exact words - that the NHS is very good in an emergency, such as if you have a heart attack, but in the case of ongoing problems it doesn't work very well. His role is just to help me get the best out of it. So he has arranged for me to have an appointment at the hospital in Whitehaven for a CT scan. which given the speed things normally move here could be several days. In the meantime I have been advised not to drive, which is obviously understandable but a major hassle in an place where public transport is very limited and it is a couple of hours by bus just to reach the hospital.
So I don't know exactly what is the matter with me. I just have to wait for the results of the scan and hope for the best. In the meantime I can still talk to people on the radio but it is unlikely that I shall be posting to the blog or answering emails very much.


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As a concerned citizen of Slippery Rock, I am worried about the piles of trash around town. This is a direct result of the bulk pickup being moved to before the students move out, without notice to landlords, by the Slippery Rock Borough Council.
Not only did the change of date have an impact of lingering trash piles, but it also resulted in people dumping in roll-off containers that were not theirs to use. I saw this repeatedly at the container behind my house in the past few weeks. People would throw trash in, around and in front of the dumpster, causing problems for the tenants who have a right to throw things away there, the landlord in extra dumping costs and my husband and me in our property being flooded with trash flying around. Rat sightings around town have also been brought to my attention.
I do not claim to know anything about the reasons for this decision. I do believe this change is a detriment to our town, especially in light of many residents' efforts to put us in the national spotlight with "Slippery Rock in Bloom".
I do hope that not only the trash gets picked up, but that a little more consideration is given to landlords and residents in the future.


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Friday, March 02, 2007
Roger Ramjet - "is this your brother?"
Rocky and Bullwinkle had great bumpers (Bill Hurtz) and misic and I loved those parts, but the cartoons bored me. Maybe they were too wordy, I don't know. Fractured Fairy Tales had great stylish limited animation by some of Hollywood's best animators, but the stories dragged for me.
In the mid 60s I discovered Roger Ramjet. I thought it was Jay Ward at first because it superficially looks like it.
But I was laughing when I saw it. Out loud, which is rare for cartoons-especially wordy ones. Usually with wordy cartoons, the intent is to make you feel smug and self satisfied that you got some obscure reference or joke, but you don't really laugh out loud much, unlike how you do constantly at a Warner Bros. cartoon or live action comedy.
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Roger Ramjet was put together by a bunch of radio DJs and comedians-Gary Owens, Dick Beals and the likes.
They would write and record the soundtrack. Their delivery had true stand up comedian timing and every character had a really funny ultra pro voice-unlike today's cartoon voices which sound like your gay neighbor pinching his nose and squealing like a baby pig being castrated. They also added some funny very specific sfx-not "wacky" like Saturday Morning cartoons-but funny. There's a big difference!
The guys would cut the soundtrack together really tight with almost no time left inbetween dialogue to add any visual gags so you'd think that would be no fun for the animators.
But Fred Crippen and his team figured out ways to have fun. Each director drew the cartoons in their own style. I'll try to get an interview with Fred and Bob Kurtz to talk about that later...
Funny Design
Their character designs are really funny and match the personalities of the characters perfectly. It's a real 60s style, only it's like they are making fun of it. The drawings have sarcasm built into them and that isn't something you can define in words. "Hey Fred, put some sarcasm in your designs!"
Funny Cutting
They use cutting to puncuate the gags and even the accents in the dialogue. This was a brilliant inspiration, and I can't believe no one else ever picked up on this!
They purposely avoid hookups and the "180% rule". They just cut to funny angles and gags that weren't in any script and it adds a ton of fun to the entertainment package.
Funny Gags
They added lots of visual gags - like General Brassbottom up in the lamp...
Roger Ramjet represents a philosophy that doesn't exist anymore. It's the entertainer's code. Every element that is available to all the creative people involved on the production is used to be entertainment. The voices, sfx, design, timing, cutting, poses, backgrounds everything.
All the people involved on Roger Ramjet automatically feel it is their sacred duty as entertainers to give the audience all they have. Real entertainers have this instinct and you have to beat it out of them to make them not use it. That's the situation we have today with the few entertainers that are left in the industry and that's what executives and modern cartoon writers are for-to distance the entertainers from the creative aspects of the project.
That's why execs favor voice directors, story editors, note givers, secretaries and the like over cartoonists and real voice actors and story people.
I used Gary Owens as the voice of Powdered Toastman, and I have to tell you he is a super professional. He understood all the gags in the stories and gave automatic funny delivery as he read them and hammed it up appropriately.
He was so good that he even suggested all kinds of jokes that weren't in my storyboards and so we recorded them on the spot and I put them in the cartoons. Then I had to call Nickelodeon to get permission to make the cartoon funnier than what they already approved. Amazingly, back then that was ok with them!
He seemed so happy to be involved in the creative aspects of the show. I'm sure he has had to work on lots of shows where "voice directors" just view the recording session as another day's work and another paycheck.
Gary seemed totally in his element at Spumco. He just fit in as one of the gang instantly. Gary is a man out of his time. He is known as a great voice actor, but he's also a comedian, a writer and a cartoonist!
Roger Ramjet has to be one of the cheapest cartoons in history, but it proves that you don't need a ton of money to be creative. You just need to let loose some creative artists and let them do what God put 'em on earth to do. Entertain people!
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- Kent B said...
Nice appreciation of Roger Ramjet. The writers on this show were Gene Moss & Jim Thurman - these guys used to have a radio show in L.A. in the early '60s, and I remember it being a lot of fun - they'd play the usual top 40 songs, and in between they'd do really funny skits. If anyone has tapes or mp3s of these, I'd really like to hear them again.
Roger Ramjet was "illustrated radio" done right. Fred Crippen told me they would edit the soundtrack for the episodes, including sound effects, cutting out the "inhales" in the dialog so the shows played really fast paced - The budgets were really low, so the animation was done with the fewest possible drawings. The animator did it all: storyboard, layout and animation was all one step! The "big heads" in the scene meant they didn't have to paint as much of the BG! (There was a theory about having the head take up 2/3 of the frame) Fred had worked at UPA in New York, so he had learned that a jump-cut could take the place of a bunch of unnecessary in-betweens. He hates the label "limited animation" - he prefers "unlimited animation" - the only limitation is your imagination.
- JohnK said...
Hey Kent!
Who did the editing? Fred?
Or was it edited when it came to him?
Gene Moss and Jim Thurman did voices on the show too, right? Do you know which ones?
Who did the fat kid? Is Doodle the fat one?
- Clinton said...
I don't remember Roger Ramjet, but I do remember watching Rocky & Bullwinkle Show all the time before Nick @ Nite came on. I enjoyed the dialogue more than anything else. So this is the limited animation reference best used in Flash shorts? I am still trying to figure out the best way to animate in Flash for my own projects. I like Cigarettes in Weird Al's video, and Jessica Borutski's "I Love Pandas" the most. Please keep posting lectures on how to animate in Flash!!! :)
Family Guy borrowed and misapplied the non-hookup theory, using it as a dream sequence reference camouglaged by choppy cutting. They found a way to make cheap looking crap expensive and not funny. Doubt if any of the people on that show ever saw a Roger Ramjet episode.
- S.G.A said...
" you don't need a ton of money to be creative." ....Great!! Make some NEW cartoons!
Also , I was wondering what you thought of the Home movies cartoon..I love it and don't care if I am criticized for it... I laugh out loud at that cartoon... and it's REALLY cheap.
- Troy Little said...
That cut to the general in the lamp had me laughing out loud, thanks John!
- Raff said...
Thanks for bringing RR up. They really do sound like WABC DJs having a laugh.
I notice Fred Calvert is in the credits. Wasn't he the one who did things like this?
- mike f. said...
I can verify that Gary Owens fit right in at Spumco. He was funny as hell. It sure was a blast meeting him.
(It hardly ever happens - meeting a hero of your childhood, and finding out that he's just as cool in person as you always imagined.)
BTW, I wonder what your frustrated friend - little chuckwad - will have to say about your analysis of Roger Ramjet.
- Cayen said...
Speaking of Gary Owens as Powdered Toastmanthats one element I miss in the Lost episodes. Each one was a thirty minute cartoon, which isn't bad, but it loses something. I kinda like the double cartoons with the fake ad thrown in there to fill time. I also missed a powdered toastman cartoon.
going on to more recent cartoons. I couldn't tell you any of the new cartoons if you tortured it out of me. The lost art of making a cartoon for fun is almost completely gone now.
I saw 'almost' cause the entertainers have left hollywood to make thier cartoons on the internet. It's the same way with comics. Both industries are stagnating. Censors and control freak executives are killing all the creativity just so they won't offend anyone at all. It's too damn steril now. You can't even have a cartoon with a bully unless you have the bully make amends for his evil ways. Heck even the villians aren't really all that bad anymore. It's just a sad state. You can't have characters to cheer for, and you can't have villians you love to hate.
- lastangelman said...
You can find out all stuff about Roger Ramjet show here:
here are the credits I paste and cut from the website:
Producer - Fred Crippen
Associate Producers - Dick Reed, Paul Shively
Supervising Director - Fred Crippen
Writers - Gene Moss, Jim Thurman
Production Coordinator - Fred Calvert
Animators - Don Schloat, Alan Zaslove, George Nicholas, Bill Hutton, Fred Crippen
Background - Jack Heiter
Layout - Rosemary O'Conner, Sam Weiss, Dave Hanan, Joe Bruno, Bob Kurtz
Sound Effects - Phil Kaye
Ink and Paint - Constance Crawley
Checking - Dottie Mullens
Camera - Jerry Smith, Roger Brown, Larry Hogan
Sound - TV Recorders, Western Recorders
Music by Ivan Ditmars
Edited by Dee Futch
Executive Producer - Kenneth C. T. Snyder
Produced by Snyder-Koren Productions/Pantomime Pictures, Inc.
Originally syndicated in 1965 by CBS Films
Voices -
Roger Ramjet: Gary Owens
Yank: Dick Beals
Dan: Dick Beals
Dee: Joanie Gerber
Lotta Love: Joanie Gerber
Doodle: Gene Moss
Noodles Romanoff: Gene Moss
Gen. G.I. Brassbottom: Bob Arbogast
Ma Ramjet: Bob Arbogast
Lance Crossfire: Paul Shively
Red Dog: Paul Shively
Dr. Evilkisser: Gene Moss
Announcer: Dave Ketchum
Other voices: Ken Snyder, Jim Thurman
a link to full episode of Monster Masquerade (Real Player)
a link on Amazon.com to purchase Roger Ramjet DVD
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- Kali Fontecchio said...
The only part of Rocky and Bullwinkle I liked as a kid was Dudley Dooright.
And only because his voice was cool.
Roger Ramjet is almost non-stop hilarity. I wish I'd seen it as a kid. OH MISSPENT YOUTH!!
- Tommy said...
There was a kids show here in Phoenix called the Wallace and Ladmo Show. They showed a lot of Roger Ramjet cartoons. It was great. I was one happy little kid.
- Ryan G. said...
I used to like Rocky & Bullwinkle when i was little but Ive never seen Roger Ramjet untill now. Its hillarious!
- :: smo :: said...
putting the general in the light fixture is hilarious!
i don't totally agree with you on the ward call. i feel liek for the budget they were pretty well done and pretty funny too, they definitely hold up a lot better than some of the cartoons out there now! but roger ramjet is definitely a keeper for sure!
yet, i'm still wary of telling people jumping the 180 is okay. in a situation like this where everything is on the same plane it would make me think, say the general was actually on the other side of the room suddenly. which, as with the lamp gag could happen and be really funny...if he WAS over there. the humor is in the timing and the cutting. but just doing it without a reason might make something that's so dependent on the viewer's expectation, disorienting, and not as funny as a character just suddenly being on the ceiling.
- JohnK said...
I don't think anybody would be disoriented by "jumping the 180" except people who have been told there's something wrong with it.
I've seen it in a million movies and it never dawned on me there was a law against it.
- Kali Fontecchio said...
"i'm still wary of telling people jumping the 180 is okay."
It's funny, so why restrict yourself?
- ChatRabbit said...
"you don't need a ton of money to be creative."
Sometimes I think money is a real deterrent to making good things. Without a big budget you are "forced" to get the most bang for your buck.
- Cayen said...
hey John I just noticed Raketu has a Cartoon channel for the TV part. Are you going to make cartoons for it?
- Gabriel said...
i don't like rocky & bullwinkle much but i think Fractured Fairy Tales is really cool. The characters look as if they were drawn directly in ink, without sketches, i liked that. It made me very conscious that a human hand made them, in an appealing way.
- Pseudonym said...
When John said they used "backgrounds", my first thought was: Didn't you mean "backgounds"?
(BTW, you're not a real Roger Ramjet fan unless you get that.)
- Stephen Worth said...
Wallace and Ladmo were great. Do you have any tapes of them Tommy?
Gene Moss and Jim Thurman were comedy geniuses. They did a puppet show in my very distant youth called Shrimpenstein and wrote the jingle for Der Weinershnitzel that I still sing to this day. My friend Lew has a reel to reel tape of Shrimpenstein that he taped off the air when he was a kid. It may be the only surviving document of the series.
See ya
- EIBass said...
Is this the lesson on how to cut corners and get away with it?
Limited animation and fast paced radio commentator type dialogue doesn't really do it for me. I cant believe you put this crap on a higher level than the Simpsons or family guy.
The fast cuts are really the best the thing about this type of stuff and it should be used in moderation. But hey, limited budget=limited animation. "You pay peanuts, you get monkeys"
Hi John. I used to watch this show as a kid too. It was shown here in England around the same time as the original Ren and Stimpy cartoon.
Was this made by the same people that made George of the Jungle?
- Jack Ruttan said...
I don't get it, but these cartoons kill! Wish they were back somewhere.
- PsychoWiLL said...
This is the kind of stuff I'd like to do... only... better animation.
- Mad Taylor said...
I agree with your take on the 180 rule. It always seemed to me that rules of film aren't wrong until someone is told that they are wrong. It's like HD tv to standard tv...you really don't notice it until they are side by side. So when someone points out these rules...they aren't really "rules" they are just adjustments to make a film better (if you need it).
Pretty much the basis of your teaching...we get used to looking at too many crappy cartoons...but once we see good ones right next to those it reveals the true potential for a cartoon.
- JohnK said...
Limited animation and fast paced radio commentator type dialogue doesn't really do it for me. I cant believe you put this crap on a higher level than the Simpsons or family guy.<<
Yeah, a much higher level. Funnier drawings, funnier jokes, better design better voices.
No comparison.
Are you saying having inbetweens make the drawings funnier?
I just received the Roger Ramjet box set in the mail today. I watched it and I laughed out loud at the first cartoon and I had to watch another, and another. Until work called wondering where I was at.
The show gave me so many ideas on what I could do with the characters I had made.
Well back to work, study, draw, and laugh.
- akira said...
uh the 180 rule is VERY important WHEN YOUR CHARACTERS ALL LOOK THE SAME... which is the case for many cartoons and movies and tv shows... instead of making characters recognisable by their looks, you just have to remember them as "the guy on the left" or "the guy on the right."
if you can make it obvious who is who and where they are without following the 180 rule then there is no need for it...
- dwestburg said...
John - I've been reading your blog for a couple of months now. During that time you've commented a lot on how today's animators don't know how to draw well. That they need to go back to basics and learn to use proper construction.
So isn't it a contradtiction to say you love the animation in Roger Ramjet?
Can you explain more about why you think the animation in Roger Ramjet is any better than Samurai Jack or Fairly OddParents?
- dwestburg said...
John - I've been reading your blog for a couple of months now. You've commented a lot on how today's animators don't know how to draw well. That they need to learn the basics and use proper construction.
Isn't it a contradiction to say that you love the animation in Roger Ramjet?
Can you explain more about why you think the animation in Roger Ramjet is any better than Samurai Jack or Fairly OddParents?
- JohnK said...
Because it's funny.
I'll post more about it later.
- EIBass said...
It's not the inbetweens that place the Family Guy on a higher level. But with out them you have no "cartoon jokes".
I think the quality of roger ram jet is some where between wait till your father gets home and Tom Slick, which where both horrible.
"Yeah, a much higher level. Funnier drawings, funnier jokes, better design better voices."
Better design is the only agreement you'll get from me and that just because I like that style. But the lack of inbetweens makes it more of a slide show with fancy voice-overs. Mediocre at best and not a good use of the medium. So the tweens are a big part of it and the limited palette (monochromatic in some frames), the non existent backgrounds. I could go on but I think it's just a matter of my unrefined taste and lack of cartoon know-how. I just don't like Ramjet . So go ahead, commence the ripping.
- Lex said...
Can you explain more about why you think the animation in Roger Ramjet is any better than Samurai Jack or Fairly OddParents?
Maybe it's just me, but I've never squirted grape Kool-Aid out of my nose while watching Samurai Jack or Fairly OddParents. Now I've got to clean up my desk after seeing the General in the lamp.
- Lex
- Scot said...
You had mentioned many posts ago that you had done some form of consultation to the people at the Cartoon Network some years ago. During that time, were you involved with their rerunning of Roger Ramjet with the "hipper" intro sequence? Yeuch"
I think a lot of the tastes of the current generation are seasoned with what they grew up watching, unfortunately. When I was 5-10, the local UHF stations loaded their mornings with old cartoons (Tom and Jerry, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Popeye, Roger Ramjet, and so on) because it was cheap.
When TV stations switched to barter-cartoons... the quality of cartoons, in general, took a violent dip.
- Tom Dougherty said...
Several RR shorts on YouTube. Good ones, too.
- Chloe Cumming said...
That ape clip is wonderful. It's a kind of absurdist humour that completely transcends era and nationality. I think.
yes, pouring all available resources into funnyness makes good economic sense to me.
My Mum used to hate Roger for some reason. Or did she love it? This is a long time ago.
- Roberto González said...
"Yeah, a much higher level. Funnier drawings, funnier jokes, better design better voices."
Compared to Family Guy Roger Ramjet seems to have funnier drawings, jokes and voices.
Compared to The Simpsons, I think it probably has funnier drawings and slightly better voices. I haven't seen too much of it, but I am unsure if it will have funnier jokes, probably it just have a different type of jokes.
The designs have expressive eyeballs and slightly interesting shapes. Apart from that they are not so different to some modern cartoons for me, their poses lack energy and the colouring is pretty boring.
I also think the in-betweens make animation a little more interesting. That's not to say FG or South Park looks better than this. But I think the Simpsons at their best can be more entertaining to watch, at least for me. I love The Flinstones characters, their stories, even the drawings and the designs. Still I can barely see more than one episode the same day, and I can see two or three Simpsons, one after another.
You enjoy The Flinstones more than Tom and Jerry. I generally enjoy Tom and Jerry more, even if they are more generic, they have a lot more energy, more dynamic poses and more in betweeners.
I am not trying to say I dislike The Flinstones, Rocky and Bullwinkle or Roger Ramjet. In fact I think they are very funny and they have lovable, symphatetic characters. They feel very natural, I give them that over The Simpsons, which often -not always- can feel a little forced or "written". But while I am watching those series I can't help thinking they will look better with inbetweeners and more vivid colors. I know the colors in The Simpsons are not exactly great, but they are ,at least, vivid.
I find all this very interesting and I want to read more. And I should check that link to an entire Roger Ramjet episode that somebody put the other day.
- dwestburg said...
Lex - Samurai Jack was a bad example since it's not meant to be a funny cartoon. So replace replace Samurai Jack with South Park or SpongeBob (both of which, to the best of my knowledge, John does not like)and my question is still there.
- Jeff Read said...
Gary Owens is awesome. He is the consummate voice artist, and it's no surprise that he fit in like one of the boys at Spumco.
One of his most memorable roles (to me) was the Narrator for the later, CD-ROM-distributed installments in the Space Quest adventure game series; like many PC adventure games the textual narration for Space Quest was written in a hilarious, deadpan manner, and hearing Gary delivering it added so much to the atmosphere to the game.
- Smartbutt said...
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"jumping the 180".
I've been in television production for almost 15 years and have never heard of this.
What the hell is it????
[It's not the inbetweens that place the Family Guy on a higher level. But with out them you have no "cartoon jokes".]
I've seen quite a bit of Family Guy, and I don't honestly recall any "cartoon jokes." Every visual gag I've seen on that show could easily be replicated (and better) live action. There is more "cartoon joke" in just the design of the general (not to mention the crazy ape with the buckteeth and pointy head) than you will see in an entire season of Family Guy.
Why are we talking about Simpsons, Family Guy, and South Park?
Family Guy and The Simpsons aren't limited animation, they have extremely smooth animation because it costs them $1000000 to animate one episode, yet they have inexcusably bad "design" and bad animation and no poses or acting.
And South Park exists in a vacuum in which it takes them 5 days and a couple grand to make an entire episode form start to finsih, on computers (yet it still manages to have better animation than FG, albeit more limited) so even discussing it in terms of regular cartoons is useless.
For my money, I love Rocky & Bullwinkle cartoons, I've loved them since I was a kid. I never heard of Roger Ramjet and I've never seen any episodes but this makes me want to check it out.
Thanks John! You and Jerry Beck both recommended this so it's gotta be pretty good!
- PCUnfunny said...
That was retarted and funny.Roger Ramjet is barely above illustrated radio but you can enjoy the visuals.
- Jeff Read said...
Some of those gags never get old -- like the fact that the hotline to Ramjet's headquarters is physically hot to the touch, and he must find ways of answering it without burning his hand; and the way the General always gets scorched by Ramjet's jet exhaust.
- PCUnfunny said...
Okay I just saw a full episode on YouTube. Like I said, retarted and funny. There is great combination and quit cutting and the occasional funny drawings. My favorite gag was the parrot and the consstant changing of his hat when the camera cuts back to him.
- :: smo :: said...
""i'm still wary of telling people jumping the 180 is okay."
It's funny, so why restrict yourself? "
i don't know. i don't find it funny, it's just a cut. john very well might be right that film school taints certain perceptions. and i suppose ford and hitchcock weren't really out for the laughs. but i guess just like anything, if there's no setup for the gag it's just there.
ha i guess i'll just stay away from it then. maybe it's more of a personal preference than anything.
- Roberto González said...
Why are we talking about The Simpsons or Family Guy? Well, cause we want to know if John K. has double standards, cause you know, he's so passionate that sometimes it's difficult to see his point. Like when he's talking about Clampett compared to Jones, it almost seems as if he hates Jones sometimes, and that's clearly not true.
I also have seen some episodes of Roger Ramjet in youtube, and I kind of see his point. I still enjoy The Simpsons but I see the storytelling is less convoluted and more visual, meaning the visuals tell the gags, though they don't play on different styles or distinct colours and it can get a little boring to look at after a while.
Now, I still expecting an explanation on why it's "right" for him to like Beavis and Butthead and "wrong" for us to like The Simpsons...or even maybe Family Guy, which I hate, but someone could say it's not a hell of a lot uglier than Beavis and Butthead and he probably could be right. Still, I personally find Beavis and Butthead funnier to look at than FG, even if its animation is more smooth. Almost anything is funnier to look at than FG.
- JohnK said...
Roger Ramjet and Beavis and Butthead are rare exceptions to the rules.
They are both funny and I like to laugh.
Roger is sometimes drawn really well-depending on who drew the individual episodes. Bob Kurtz' are usually extra great.
Most modern cartoons are merely exceptions to the rules of skill and control, but without any redeeming qualities to make up for it.
Today EVERYTHING is an exception.
Exceptions should stay in the 2% range of the overall quantity of entertainment. Instead we have absolutely no one making cartoony cartoons and everyone else breaking the rules.
It's like having professional sports being played by your friends and neighbors instead of professional athletes. That might be funny for one or 2 games, but you wouldn't want the entire sports industry to be run like that.
- Roberto González said...
Ok, that's clear enough. I totally agree with that. In all fairness, though, I think The Simpsons was the first show that used an style (more or less) similar to the one used in Rugrats, Beavis and Butthead and Family Guy, and South Park stories, at the very beggining, were very influenced by The Simpsons (sometimes they were almost rip-offs). I am not sure when Beavis and Butthead pilot was released, though.
But I guess personal preferences don't mind so much. I think it's true that ,especially in adult shows, they compete with each other to create the uglier show. Unforunately the ones that have "tolerable" designs (like Clerks the animated series)or awesome designs (like Ren and Stimpy APC) haven't been a success.
- JohnK said...
McDonald's is a big success too.
- Steve Carras said...
Seems like Phil Kaye did a lot of classic HB effects (which is also vis-a-vis that "not Saturday Morning cartoon sound effects" comment..including that cat meow (one of several) when one's startled or is making a physical 180 degree turn (Phil is also credited in the 1969 Rankin-Bass/VideoCraft Int'l "Frosty the Snowman" starring Jimmy Durante for film editing and some of those SAME SFX including the "meow" are included. See comments by me and others on "Boomerang" on http://www.toonzone.net!
ALso, "Fractured Fairy Tales" were among the best which Jay Ward had..some,l;ike'Ugly DUckling" had the "Seely" canned music (here by Phil Green ("Snooper and Blabber"'s circus theme "Comedy Circus") and Jack Shaindlin (?) "sad trombone/violin" music. And of course, Edward Everett Horton (these same music and Horton elements showed up in that 1963 indie film "One Got Fat". Anybody remember? John K must have seen it!)
And I thought Roger, The Alvin Show, and even Underdog from time o time were also Ward productions...
- Roberto González said...
What happened with a comment I posted here? Well, I guess I digressed a little too much in that one, and I probably was a little too harsh, but I don't think it was something that you wouldn't approve...


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1. Emporia State Lady Hornets coach Jory Collins has been named the Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division II Region 7 Coach of the Year. He is one of eight finalists for the inaugural Pat Summitt Trophy to be presented to the 2014 Russell Athletic/WBCA NCAA Division II National Coach of the Year.
2. Twenty teams of students from Emporia State University and Flint Hills Technical College are moving to the second round of the 3D Emporia competition, which stands for Dream It- Design It- Develop It. Judges selected the group of semi-finalists from a group of 31 teams, and the judges considered concept, feasibility, market potential, business model and competition in the selection for this venture business contest.
3. An ESU police officer has started bike patrol on campus.
4. Committee members for the Vice President search include: Kristie Ogilvie (Dean of the School of Business); Ray Lauber (Human Resources); Mike Erickson (IT); Karla Ingold (Classified Assembly); Bobbi Pearson (Physical Plant); Mary Mingenback (Fiscal Affairs); Bob Warren (Foundation Trustee); and Jim Williams (Vice President). The committee has received 30 applications, and will conduct Skype interviews between April 2nd and April 4th. They anticipate that final candidates will be on campus the week of April 21st and April 27th.
5. Committee members for the Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean search include: Marvin Harrell, Nate Terrell, Jean Dedonder, Melissa Bailey, Mel Storm, Nancy Pontius and Kathy Ermler. The committee has received 56 applications, and will conduct phone interviews between March 26th and March 31st. They anticipate that final candidates will be on campus the week of April 21st.
6. Check out ESU's draft You Tube video promoting the competencies associated with the Kansas Leadership Center (KLC) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awLk_as99rY.
7. The Teacher Luncheon Program (TAP) completed lunch for teachers and staff in 11 schools and received a personal thank you letter to volunteers from Principal Dale Brungardt at Ellsworth High School! Thank you to the TAP volunteers for your dedication to this program!
8. Division II officiate Dan Curran sent a note to ESU Athletic Director Kent Weiser about an outstanding Emporia State athlete, Payson Maydew. Payson was recognized for being polite, well mannered, and a pleasure to work with. Way to go Payson for being a great representative of Emporia State!
9. On March 13, Standard and Poors reaffirmed their previous "A/Stable" ratings for long term bonds at ESU. They also reaffirmed a previous "A-/Stable" rating for a 2005 Housing bond. ESU was pleased with these reaffirmations. Nationally, some bonds are being downgraded in outlook, partially due to smaller state appropriations being devoted to higher education.
10. Gould Evans, Master Plan Consultant to ESU, continues to forge ahead refining the ESU Master Plan discussion for presentation to the University and KBOR during early May. Multiple focus group discussions have occurred during late February and early March to obtain additional input and information on selected topics for the Master Plan. They will be presenting a preliminary draft report to the campus community on April 7.
11. On Monday, March 31, ESU's Executive Assistants will attend a day of "retreat" at the Kansas Leadership Center in Wichita.
12. ESU recently released an update to their mobile app, receiving great reviews.
13. April 1st may be known as April Fool's, but no fooling, Emporia State's address is changing from Commercial Street to Kellogg Circle, recognizing the first president and our 150th year celebration as an university.
14. On Thursday, March 13, Emporia State celebrated the generosity of DeWayne & Sherry Backhus and their seven-figure planned gift to Now & Forever: The Campaign for Emporia State University! The Backhuses' gift will benefit the Department of Physical Sciences and student-athletes.
15. Judy Anderson is serving as Emporia State University's representative on the Flint Hills Economic Development District (FHEDD) Board. This Governing Board has been recommended by the Federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) that postsecondary education institutions be included on the board. The Governing Board will approve all budgets, applications for funding, grant agreements, and contracts of over $5,000.00. The Board will meet on a monthly basis.
16. SLIM Dean Gwen Alexander and Interim Associate Dean Andrew Smith have recently returned from the first SLIM study trip to London. Fifteen master's level students from SLIM cohorts in Kansas, Colorado, Oregon and Utah got a first-hand look at librarianship and archives practices in the UK. The trip was very successful and was organized with assistance from the Office of International Education.
17. We recently released our third TV AD recorded entirely using Google Glasses.
18. ESU President Michael Shonrock, Provost David Cordle, VP Ray Hauke and the coaches and staff of the ESU Athletics Department hosted Dr. Larry Rice, President of Rogers State University of Claremore, Oklahoma, and 20 representatives of the RSU Athletics Department for a day-long meeting as part of Rogers State's application to NCAA Division II. Emporia State was asked by the NCAA and Rogers State to serve as the mentor institution for Rogers State.
19. Emporia State draws on its own resources to not only encourage scholarship gifts from staff members, but to involve them in the production of a video promoting the annual Campus Campaign. See how many faces you can recognize: http://youtu.be/NW8e8FKQG4U
20. A triumphant performance of a specially commissioned overture...an elegant dinner served in historic surroundings...and a club-like atmosphere where guests danced to a jazz combo. It sounds like a spectacular evening, doesn't it? Emporia State University put the finishing touches on its sesquicentennial celebration with a Grand Finale Gala Saturday, February 15, 2014. View highlights of the evening here: http://youtu.be/Vd8Z7EzJwDs
21. The video of Ten2One's "Right Now" has been viewed more than 16,000 times since its Feb. 20 debut. The hype song created by students Gabriel Andrews and Benny Bowden has become the anthem for Now & Forever: The Campaign for Emporia State University. Take a look here: http://youtu.be/oLvoWSGgtL4
Check out our students' achievements and accomplishments on Emporia State's meritpages.com site


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It is not too late to still be covered for this year's strain of flu.
El Dorado, Kan. – The Butler County Health Department is encouraging all individuals to get their flu vaccine. It is not too late to still be covered for this year's strain of flu. Everyone 6 months and older should get an annual flu vaccine. It takes about 2 weeks after vaccination for your body to develop an immune response, which will last for an entire year. A vaccination is required every year because flu viruses constantly change, so flu vaccines are updated every season to protect against the current circulating viruses. Yearly vaccination is recommended even for those who received the vaccine during the previous flu season. The health department still has a limited number of doses of influenza vaccine. The cost for flu vaccination is currently $23.00 at the health department.
The El Dorado Clinic offers flu shots during immunization clinical hours:
Every Monday from 8:00 – 11:30 & 1:00 – 4:30.The last Friday of the month from 3:00 – 4:30.Located at 206 N. Griffith, El Dorado (Behind the movie theater).
Augusta Clinic:
The third Wednesday of the month From 1:30 – 4:00Located at the tag office out by the airport.


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A lot of big news is going on in the Massachusetts beer world lately - new brewery licenses, beer events and anniversary parties.
Newton�s Hopsters started last year as a brew-your-own beer-on-the-premises business, which allowed people to come in and brew a beer of the choice, and then come back a few weeks later and pick up the beer.
Now, Hopsters has joined the brewery ranks, receiving its commercial brewery license, the first in Newton since the 1600s.
The license will now allow Hopsters to sell draft beer it brews at its 292 Centre St. location, and also sell to restaurants, bars and liquor stores.
"Since we opened Hopsters' doors, it has thrived as a unique destination for the community to educate themselves on craft beer in an enjoyable and relaxed environment," owner Lee Cooper said in a press release. "The new brewing license further enhances our customer experience, allowing us to now sample and serve an array of Hopsters' innovative, experimental batches of custom craft brewed on site, which is what Hopsters is all about."
Growlers will be available for $4 at Hopsters, and they will have at least three specialty beers on tap at all times. The selection is expected to rotate weekly.
On July 11, Hopsters will host a party to celebrate its new license at 7 p.m. During the event, they�ll be offering a cask-conditioned English pale ale on tap for $1 a pint.
Also on July 11, Independent Fermentations, a new brewery coming to Plymouth, will partner with the Cape Cod Central Railroad to host the Local Brew and Chew Choo.
The event will feature a train ride leaving the Buzzards Bay station at 5:30 p.m., returning at 8:30 p.m. During that time, participants will have a chance to try beers from seven different breweries - Independent Fermentations, Mayflower Brewing Company, Cape Cod Beer, Berkley Beer, Bog Iron Brewing, Abandoned Building Brewery and Goodfellows Brewing - as well as spirits from Dirty Water Distillery.
Each 5-ounce serving of beer will be paired with an appetizer created specifically for the event by the railroad�s chef.
Tickets are $64 each and are available at www.capetrain.com or by calling 888-797-7245.
Jack's Abby Brewing of Framingham will be celebrating its third anniversary with a party at the Rail Trail Flatbread Company, 33 Main St., Hudson, on July 24.
The event will start at 7 p.m. and will feature 20 different Jack's Abby beers on tap.
If you can't wait, Jack's Abby will be hosting a Framingham Night July 11 at the Tavern, 102 Irving St., Framingham. At 7 p.m., there will be five different beers named after Framingham on tap: Framingham Lager, Barrel-aged Vanilla Framinghammer, Barrel-aged Coffee Framinghammer, Peanut Butter & Jelly Framinghammer and Cocoa-Nut Framinghammer.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated the Framingham Downtown Renaissance.
And finally, recently got word when everyone will be able to try Medusa Brewing Company's beers for the first time. The new Hudson brewery plans on debuting its beers at the Spirit of Hudson on Aug. 16.
Email Norman Miller at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 508-626-3823. Check out the Beer Nut blog at blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut. Follow him on Twitter at @realbeernut. Also check out "Norman Miller, The Beer Nut" on Facebook.
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A lot of big news is going on in the Massachusetts beer world lately - new brewery licenses, beer events and anniversary parties.


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Violence and HIV Risk Among Women (VHRW)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01695694
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 28, 2012
Last Update Posted : February 19, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Risk Reduction
|Behavioral: supporting positive and healthy relationships Behavioral: community support group
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The two foremost health problems impacting young adult women are STDs/HIV infection and intimate partner violence (IPV). STDs pose a significant public health issue in the US, particularly among women. The consequences of some STDs are more severe for women, and include infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, and brain, cardiovascular, and organ damage. Women with STDs are at increased risk for HIV. The proportion of AIDS cases among US adult and adolescent women has more than tripled since 1985. Approximately 12,000 US women are infected with HIV annually, primarily through heterosexual contact. Also, in the US HIV is particularly affecting women of color and those in low-income urban areas.
IPV also affects many women. While the causal links between IPV and HIV risk or infection have not yet been established, emerging empirical evidence has drawn connections between IPV with HIV risk. Several researchers have highlighted the importance of developing sexual risk reduction interventions that address the growing concern of gender-based violence against women. Also, scholars are calling for HIV prevention programs aimed at women to be more comprehensive; for example, by combining them with STD screening or with programs designed to reduce violence against women. Despite this call, there are very few empirically tested interventions for prevention and treatment targeting women who are at risk for STDs/HIV and experience IPV in their intimate relationships. To address high risk sexual behaviors among women who experience gender-based violence in their intimate relationships, I have adapted an existing information-motivation-behavioral skills (IMB) STD/HIV prevention intervention for reducing high sexual risk-taking behaviors. The STD/HIV and IPV comprehensive intervention will address both sexual risk reduction and IPV risk; the intention is to help women to acquire knowledge, skills, and strategies that will reduce their risk for both STDs/HIV and IPV.
Aim 1: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of the adapted IMB STD/HIV prevention intervention by implementing the intervention with a sample of women who are at risk for HIV/STDs and experience IPV. To achieve this aim:
- 120 women who are at risk for HIV/STDs and have experienced IPV will be randomized either to receive the experimental prevention intervention or to attend a structurally similar drop-in enhanced support group at a domestic violence agency.
- Enrollment, attendance, and attrition data will be used to determine the feasibility of the intervention.
- The acceptability of the intervention will be appraised by analyzing pre- and post-intervention acceptability ratings completed by subjects and interventionists.
Aim 2: To gather preliminary evidence of the efficacy of the theoretically guided intervention using a controlled design. To achieve this aim:
- Women in the experimental and control groups will be assessed at baseline, post-intervention, and at a 3-month follow-up.
- Outcome analyses to calculate effect sizes for use in future power analyses for a larger RCT of the proposed intervention will include measures on primary variables of hypothesized risk antecedents, standard measures of protected and unprotected sex, and secondary variables such as mental health, self esteem, and IPV experiences.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|120 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Single (Participant)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|HIV Risk Reduction for Women Reporting Intimate Partner Violence
|Study Start Date :
|September 2012
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|October 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2013
|Active Comparator: community support group
Behavioral: community support group
|Experimental: supporting positive and healthy relationships
Behavioral: supporting positive and healthy relationships
- Change from Baseline in sexual risk behavior at 3 months [ Time Frame: at the completion of 3 months after the intervention ]Sexual risk behavior is assessed by self-reported number sexual partners in the last three months and number of episodes of unprotected sex with each partner
- Change from Baseline in experience of violence at 3 months [ Time Frame: At the end 3-months after the end of the intervention ]Participant's experiences of violence as well as the frequency and intensity of thse experiences will be assessed using established measures of intimate partner violence
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 49 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Women will be eligible to participate in the research study if they meet the following criteria:
- between ages 18 and 49;
- heterosexually active;
- have experienced intimate partner violence in the last three months;
- have engaged in risky sexual behavior in the past three months;
- not currently pregnant or trying to become pregnant; and
- physically and psychologically capable of providing informed consent. All subjects will be required to provide written informed consent prior to enrolling in the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
Persons who meet one or more of the following criteria will be excluded from the study:
- men;
- women who have active psychosis or impaired mental status (confirmed with a Mini-Mental Status Exam);
- are unable to understand spoken English;
- are less than 18 years old or greater than 49 years old;
- are currently pregnant or trying to become pregnant
- women who are exclusively in same-sex relationships.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01695694
|United States, New York
|University of Rochester
|Rochester, New York, United States, 14642
|Principal Investigator:
|Mona Mittal, PhD
|University of Rochester
|Responsible Party:
|University of Rochester
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01695694 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
7K01MH080660 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|September 28, 2012 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|February 19, 2014
|Last Verified:
|February 2014


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Cargo Liner by WeatherTech®. Providing complete cargo area protection, WeatherTech® cargo liners are computer designed to fit your vehicle and have a raised lip to keep spills, dirt and grease off your vehicle's interior, protecting your carpeting from normal wear and tear.
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On my sort of GIMP vs. Photoshop post, a lot of people through comments have expressed that GIMP photo editor is highly capable graphics design or digital photo editing software that can be used professionally. You just have to learn how to use it to harness its true potential.
To help you further enhance the functionality of GIMP photo editor, I have here a huge collection of awesome, high-quality brushes that can be utilized for whatever projects you may have. But before that, let me show you how you can install these brushes on Linux.
Installing GIMP brushes on Linux is pretty easy. Just go to your /home folder and show hidden files by hitting Ctrl+H. Then, find the GIMP directory (mine is .gimp-2.6). Open it and find the subfolder that is named "brushes". Extract the downloaded brushes on that folder, and that's about it.
So now, here are some excellent GIMP brushes that you can use for free:
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